Death Of A Salesman Excerpt

In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman’s life seems to be slowly deteriorating. It is clear that Willy’s predicament is of his own doing, and that his own foolish pride and ignorance lead to his downfall. Willy’s self-destruction involved the uniting of several aspects of his life and his lack of grasping reality in each, consisting of, his relationship with his wife, his relationship and manner in which he brought up his children, Biff and Happy, and lastly his inability to productively earn a living and in doing so, failure to achieve his “American Dream”.

In “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, in the Act I, the author emphasizes the relationship between Willy and Linda in different ways by showing the love of Linda towards Willy and how she admires him. And also, she always shows her patient when Willy gets angry easily. The relationship between Willy and Biff is different from the past. Willy’s relationship with Biff is complicated. Biff is everything for Willy and Biff believed that Willy is the greatest father in the world, but in the present Biff doesn’t think like that anymore.

The reason why I think Happy came down the stairs without Biff is because out of the two brothers Happy is able to calm down their dad the best. Calming down Willy assure everyone that he is safe and hasn't put him in danger like previously in the play. With Happy coming down he is acting as a buffer in Willy and Biff’s relationship. He does this by making it a bit more difficult for them to argue/ disagree. Another positive with Happy going downstairs to confront his father is that he is able to build a relationship with him which he hopes will build him up as person in Willy’s eyes. However Willy often dwells on the past which can make it difficult for the boys to prove themselves. The two sons

     In Death of a Salesman, a play written by Arthur Miller, Miller reflects the theme that every man needs to be honest with him self and act in accordance with his nature by displaying success and failure in different lights. Miller embodies the theme through characters in the play by explaining how their success and failures in being true to themselves help shapes their fates. Strongest evidence of Miller’s theme is reflected in the characteristics of Biff Loman, Benard, and Willy Loman. Through out the play, these three characters never give way to other’s influence and what other’s view of being successful is.

The story ‘Death of a Salesman’ written by Miller focuses on a man doing all he can to allow him and his family to live the American dream. Throughout the story it is shown how the Loman’s struggle with finding happiness and also with becoming successful. Throughout their entire lives many problems come their way resulting in a devastating death caused by foolishness and the drive to be successful. Ever since he and his wife, Linda, met she has been living a sad and miserable life, because she has been trying support his unachievable goals. Also by him being naïve put his children’s lives in jeopardy and also made them lose sight of who they really were. Miller uses the Loman family to show how feeling the need to appear a certain way to the public and trying to live a life that is not really yours can turn into an American nightmare.

Thank you for having us read the tragedy of Willy Loman, The Death of a Salesman. You can work hard at anything, but if you are not passionate about it, you will get nowhere. It reminds me of one of my brothers that didn't realize he was chasing the wrong dream until it was too late. At school he was pursing different subjects, but at home he was passionate about music and rapping. Since he was an exceptional artist, he decided to go to an art school. Soon he realized it wasn't for him and dropped out, and now he has to start over. We must realize now while we still have the time and resources what we want from life and what we are passionate about. If we don't ask ourselves these questions now, we may not have later to consider them.

Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman follows protagonist Willy Loman in his search to better his and his family’s lives. Throughout Willy Loman’s career, his mind starts to wear down, causing predicaments between his wife, two sons and close friends. Willy’s descent into insanity is slowly but surely is taking its toll on him, his job and his family. They cannot understand why the man they have trusted for support all these years is suddenly losing his mind. Along with his slope into insanity, Willy’s actions become more aggressive and odd as the play goes on. Despite Willy and Biff’s “family feud”, his two sons Happy and Biff truly worry about their father’s transformation, Happy saying: “He just wants you to make good, that’s all. I

In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy is both sympathized with and looked down upon throughout the story. Willy is a very complex character with problems and faults that gain both sympathy and also turn the reader off to him. Willy Loman is both the protagonist and the antagonist, gaining sympathy from the reader only to lose it moments later.

As the country where the 1% is made up of the most billionaires in the world, the United States has long been proclaimed as a place where anyone can be successful and fulfill their dreams. With this label, the idea of “the american dream” persuades people into a sense of false hope. In Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman states how “the world is an oyster, but you don’t crack it open on a mattress! (Miller 28). This quotes is essential to this idea of false hope in america as it describes how dreams are possible, but they do not come easily.

To begin, in the book Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, three symbols were used to depict Willys feelings and how lost Willy is at times. Miller wrote about stockings, which is a symbol of betrayal and letting down his family due to the affair. “You gave her Mama’s stockings” (Miller 94). This quote displays how let down Biff was when he found out that Willy gave the random woman a piece of his mother's clothing. The stockings were the start of Willy’s downfall.

Willy’s hallucinations grew progressively worse each day; he became engrossed in deep conversations with himself. I wonder if his mental entrapment stemmed from his fragile relationship with Biff, since there was always a noticeable tension between the pair, and I was never able to determine its origin no matter how many times I tried to bring the topic up. I knew that something must have happened in the past where in one occasion, Willy yelled at me when I was mending my stockings.

In Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”, Willy Loman acts as a tragic figure and as an instrument of the suffering of those around him, namely his family, because of his unreasonable expectations for himself and his family, his inability to acknowledge his weaknesses, and his dishonesty towards his family. Willy Loman acts as a tragic figure mainly because of the unreasonable expectations he sets for himself. Specifically, Loman believes that the only way to be successful is to be liked: “Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people” (Act 2)? However, Willy Loman is relatively unheard of in the business world, so despite making ends meet for his family, he sees himself as having failed. These expectations are placed on the shoulders of Willy Loman’s two sons as well, and in the case of Biff Loman, it blinded Willy from seeing the reality of the situation: “

The world is not fair in its nature, and we cannot adjust to alter the reality of it. There are many cliches teaching us on how to behave like any an orthodox. Beliefs such as “good will always triumph over evil”, or that “you get what you give”. However, rarely do they touch upon the analogy of the jungle as to the current societal conditions. Today, we may not have to fight for physical survival, but it is merely replaced with the struggle to achieve success. The shift of survival’s purpose allowed more freedom for delusion of concepts or ideas, and it not only made relationships and trust less valid, but also increased people’s emotional struggle.

Death of a Salesman Act 1 In Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, through the character of Linda Loman, Miller implies all humans need to be shown respect even if they aren’t seen as being successful. In the beginning of the story, Willy and Linda argue over Biff not being successful in Willy’s eyes. “He was crestfallen, Willy. You know how he admires you.

The Death of a Salesman starts with Willy Loman coming home and telling his wife, Linda, his mind kept wondering impairing his driving, and he couldn’t make it to Boston. She tells him to go to his boss, Howard, and ask to work in the city. They then discuss his argument with their son Biff who moved back home. Willy is upset because Biff, choosing to work on a farm, hasn’t achieved the life of grandeur that he created in his mind of him. Willy goes to the city, where Howard tell him, he can no longer represent the company and that he needs to take a break. That was unexpected since Willy saw himself as an invaluable employee. In Arthur Millers, The Death of a Salesman, Willy often chooses to live in make believe world instead of accepting his personal and professional ineptness.