Comparing Death Of A Salesman And The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Life or Family?

In the movie Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, Arthur related the movie in many ways. While watching both movies, you come to know that both men strongly believe in a certain thing. In Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman cares about his family a lot and is set on the idea of the “American Dream.” He tries to become a great salesman and to be successful. In “The Crucible”, John Proctor also cares about his family and is strong in his religious belief. He believes in being a good man in the eyes of god and a respectable man to others. In both movies, the men commit adultery and end up betraying their families. They regret it because it hurts the people they love and care about. Arthur Miller was trying to show the consequences

This is where his reputation meant so much to him, because he wanted to be remembered. He had the mindset that he could achieve this and provide for his family and give them everything they want. As he gets older, having flashbacks and almost seeming crazy, his obsession with achieving the american dream is what leads to driving him to lose sight between his real life and his dream. Another thing he felt was abandonment after his father left him and ben when they were very young, and when biff didn’t live up to what his father expected him to be. This sense of abandonment also comes around with each of his failures. He sees one of his failures as not being able to raise his sons to be “perfect”, like when biff didn't becoming successful in business. He feels that biff is betraying him by not following out what he wanted, and it really takes a toll on Willy when Biff walks out on him after discovering Willy with another women. When this scene comes up in the movie, Willy feels like Biff betrayed him all based on that, while Biff feels betrayed because of the multiple times Willy lied to him and his

If he would have lied and lived, the people in the town could have potentially tried to harm him or his family, and he would have lived the rest of his life being unhappy with the fact that his good name was now and lie and his was no longer respected. In the end, Reverend John Hale is begging Goodie to stop John from admitting and wants her to convince him to lie. He says’ “Woman, plead with him! Woman! It is his pride, it is his vanity. Be his helper! What profit him to bleed? Shall the dust praise him? Shall the worms declare his truth? Go to him, take his shame away!” She won't do this because she doesn't want to take away what he truly believes. She says,“He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” She knows doing this would leave him living an unhappy life, based on a lie. This part of the movie brought about many questions. Will dying really help his family? Of course not. His wife and three children going to survive on their own is difficult, but Goodie does not see this as a way of him escaping, or killing himself. She views it as his way of dying honorably. She knew if he lied, he would live his life to go to hell. But if he died a Martyr's death, which was by not blackening his name, he would go to heaven. Although Hale faces a good point with asking her to keep him alive for the sake of their family, Goodie also had a good