His mistake irrevocably deterred his relationships with the ones he holds dearest and when his attempts to correct and eradicate them fail he does something, he makes one grand attempt to set whats wrong right and fails. What sets him apart from others is how hard he takes them and decides to act on them. He faces his demons by himself makes many mistakes like every other human his situation is not unique. Willy Loman is a tragic hero in the novel “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. He feels asphyxiated by how there are so many people live right on top of him and it is this type of mindset that diverges him from the social norm and leads him to have not much acquaintances. In the second it shows how Willy feels confined in his own home.
The first one touches basis with how they miss the days in which the neighborhood was greener. These two quotes are displaying Linda and Willys craving for and escape to a better place. WILLY: There’s more people! That’s what’s ruining this country! The competition is maddening! Smell the stink from that apartment house! And the one on the other side… LINDA: Yeah, like being a million miles from the city. Remember those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Biff hung the swing between them? They should’ve had a law against apartment houses. The grass don’t grow anymore, you can’t raise a carrot in the backyard. There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. They are left idolizing and admiring extravagant, far away places: They feel as if America’s economy and capitalism is something that traps its citizens which is ironic because America promises freedom. Willy, Biff and Linda feel confined in their places because of their limited income, mortgage and bills. The Lomans’ actions are just portraying what their wants freedom and confinement. Unable to express his emotions or vent to any, he copes by being boasting to be acknowledged and abandoned or residing within his mindspace frequently. The flute that is repetitively mentioned throughout the story is hinting towards the “high music” played in this act to show how his father abandonment follows Willy like a ghost. He is trying to find an escape from reality by drifting back into his head. All I remember is a man with a big beard, and I was in Mamma’s lap, sitting around a fire, and some kind of high music.” This showcases Willys desperate attempt at reminiscing his father and is suggestive of his feelings of abandonment. I want them to know the kind of stock they spring from. Abandonment is one of Willys greatest fears, this might be the reason for his boasting so his kids do not leave him. Both his father and brother left him as a child. They keep the farce going so as not to be looked down upon by other, which is why Willy would not accept Charley’s job offer because he regards him as someone lower than him. As the play goes on, it becomes evident that Willy and his family’s pride is nothing but fiction. Willy is so delusional that he refuses to accept a job from Charley but continues to take on loans he can repay. Biff and Happy are oblivious to their fathers lies but later on, however they catch on. Despite the fact that Willy is lonely and unsuccessful, his pride leads him to boast about what he does not have and claim to be what he is not. I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own.” (Miller Act 1). And when I bring you fellas up, there’ll be open sesame for all of us, ’cause one thing, boys: I have friends. And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England.
#DEATH OF A SALESMAN WILLY LOMAN FULL#
America is full of beautiful towns and fine, upstanding people. “You and Hap and I, and I’ll show you all the towns. The lomans – especially willy – are extremely proud even though whatever their basis is for their pride is, it is not at all founded in reality. It gets to the point where can not differentiate nor distinguish between his wild hopes from rational realities in the present. Willy Loman is a dreamer of epic proportions. People connect with Willy because he is a man driven to extreme action. Although most might not be able to relate towards the extreme actions he took because some do no commit suicide in the face of adversity. The audience is able to sympathize and connect with Willy because of his self-deprecation, sense of failure, overwhelming anguish and regret. His misdeed left him so distraught, it had him contemplating on suicide. Willy Loman made a mistake – a big one – and tried to correct it to no avail. The salesman in the novel “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller is a perfect example of how life of today works.
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