Willy's logical inconsistencies brings confusion towards the audience itself toward the start of the play; in any case, they soon turn into a characteristic of himself. Willy's conflicting conduct is the after effect of his powerlessness to acknowledge reality and his propensity to control or re-make the past trying to get away from the present. For instance, Willy can't leave himself to the way that Biff never again regards him on account of Willy's affair with another woman. As opposed to concede that their relationship is irreparable, Willy retreats to a past time when Biff appreciated and regarded him. As the play goes on, Willy disassociates himself more from the present as his issues turn out to be excessively too much, making them impossible to manage.
In both the play and the movie, Willy takes off with the rest of the check. Even so, the movie introduces Willy and we get a feel for his personality and how he thinks. Sorrowfully, the book never introduces Willy. In fact, Willy is mentioned at the end of the play. Meeting Willy makes viewers wonder about his character and why he acts the way he does.
Willy repeatedly experiences delusions of talking to his late rich brother, Ben, often talking to him as if he were alive. His father abandoned him early on, then Ben, his great brother who truly found the American Dream in Willy’s eyes. Later on in his life, Willy’s own son’s abandoned him. In a study posted by Alzheimer’s Research UK, depression has recently been linked to a higher dementia risk in those over 55. Willy being 63 at the time of the play, along with having heavy implications, almost outright said multiple times in the play, having depression, it is not a surprise he likely has a form of dementia as severe as it
These issue in turn alter Willy’s perception of life and he constantly makes false situations in his head which alter the ways he thinks. Willy constantly talks about how his brother Ben got rich by finding diamonds in Africa and constantly regrets not going to him. These imaginations and potential fictional stories of how Willy remembered Ben alter how Willy constantly is trying to work harder to make more money. Willy is focused on making money because it is all he thinks about, and he constantly puts his imagination of the utopia he wants to live in above his family. As Willy talks to Happy about Ben, he talks about him as a great man, “What’s the mystery?
We learn that Willy is a salesman, who is has only had minor success. Willy blames this on the fact that he is not well liked. In the beginning of the play Willy has had a car accident and his wife Linda wants him to ask his boss if he can work only in New York instead of having to travel. When we see Willy in a flashback he appears to be happy and affectionate with his sons, who seem to return the affection.
While Linda enabled him, Willy could not help himself too keep ruining the good opportunities he had and turning them into some factious reality. At Willy`s funeral Biff comes to the realization that his father had all the wrong dreams and visions of success. Willy`s only dream was the fake “American Dream” that people believe will happen overnight. Willy`s failed attempts and happiness bonded into one and played a part into him creating this false reality and persona that he was the best salesman and that he was well loved by everyone around him.
The family doesn't really trust Willy because of the way he is and they
After Willy’s father passed away he always made an effort to have Ben as a reminder to do better than average. He regularly told his wife Linda the plans he has set for the future; however Linda knew that he had acquired all he could and old age was not a good contribution. He was delusional about his reality and found it comforting to prepare answers to everyone who tried to tell him
His uncle is very vague about the details of his success which makes the audience wonder whether or not this dream is actually attainable. When Willy was just a kid, his Uncle Ben told him, “Why, when I was seventeen I walked
Willy categorizes Ben as perhaps one of the most, if not the most, successful man he knows, for this. Ben played a big role in leading Willy to his own demise. Willy Loman would have done anything to be as “successful” as his brother, but instead Willy stays in his shadow until his death. Willy often imagines Ben talking to him, and in the closing scene the imaginary Ben really did “lead him to his death.” “LINDA, to willy: Come dear!
The American Dream has been the ideology for many immigrants, and Americans ever since 1931. James Truslow was the hisotrian who coined the phrase, “The American Dream”. Ever since the American Dream has been something that people aspire to have. It can be different for many, but to many it is the outline of what they want to achieve. However, this American Dream is getting more difficult day by day to achieve.
As the old saying goes, not all heroes wear capes. This is especially true for Willy Loman in the Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman is a rather tragic tale depicting the fall of Willy Loman and, to some degree, the fall of his son Biff Loman. There are two ways in which one could interpret Death of a Salesman, with Willy as the protagonist, or with Biff as the protagonist. Either way, the story is not made a tragedy by its plot, but rather, it is made a tragedy by its characters.
Willy finds out his dream of being an popular, well respected salesman is impossible and takes his own life. Linda supports Willy despite the abuse and confusion he puts her through with his various attempts to take his own life, with his delirious ramblings and hallucinations, and with his constant deception. Happy still sees his father as a hero and Biff finally begins to grasp the truth of the “American Dream”. When Willy kills himself, all of the Loman family, including Willy, break free from the web of false dreams he spun and begin to understand Willy’s failings. They also realize their own flaws.
This shows how willy can not admit his failure to his family. The main character Willy doesn’t want to show how deeply down he had fallen and is starting to lose hope on his
His willful hopefulness and exaggerated expectations betray him in the end by rendering him incapable of accepting himself or his children for who they are (Nadine). In this play, Willy would be a representation of failure to the American dream. Willy believes that personality, not hard work and innovation, is the key to success. Throughout time, Willy wants to make sure his boys are well-liked and popular. In the story Willy has said,” You and Hap and I, and I’ll show you all the towns.
