A Flawed Willy
"Do you know? When he died - and by the way he died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, going into Boston - when he died, hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral. Things were sad on a lotta trains for months after that."
Dave Singleman was Loman's inspiration; he was a successful salesman across New England, claimed that he died the death of a salesman, meaning he died by pleasing everyone. Since he pleased everyone, Willy believes that this is his motto. In reality, Willy is nothing like Dave Singleman because Willy has grown out: he is old like everything he owns like his car, his house, and even his refrigerator. Because of his inspiration, Willy continues to believe that he will become successful as he continues to work as a salesman: new promotions, a new car, and maybe the life he has pictured from the beginning.
Willy's impulse to continue "satisfy" everyone is qualified by his materialistic mind. He has illusions everyday, continues to think that he will end up one day rich like his brother Ben. Ben walked into a jungle at the age of seventeen, and when he was twenty-one, he walked out rich. What Willy doesn't realize is that this is impossible. This event has been placed inside of Willy's head forever, making him continually thinking that if he was well liked, he will be successful; he will be perfect. His flaws and self-conflict issues are triggered by him still hanging on to the past.
Willy is slowly losing himself due to his inclining relationships with the people in his life, including his two sons, wife, and boss. Linda explains that Willy is always upset every time he sees her. Mainly, though, their relationship is declining because he won't stop looking to the past, which causes Linda to go in a "crazy" state (69). As his life continues to complicate, his loss of confidence develops because as he talks to "Ben", he says that he values his brother's advice, referencing that he is lost and referencing him to continue looking back into the past.
He believes that the American Dream is being well liked and personally attractive as a man in business, and leading to him thinking that he deserves the material comforts that are offered by American life. Literally in the end, Willy dies trying which makes him a tragic hero. Everyone else was passive, while he was an active character and chased what he believed in, according to Arthur Miller's essay Tragedy and the Common Man. Although his dreams were and are quite delusional like Holden Caulfield's dreams, Willy was also attempting to find his rightful place in society. He has been displaced from it because of his pessimism towards things.
According to Miller, "tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism", and what this means in relation to Willy, he was also a passive character. He wasn't always a passive character, but sometimes he was by the low confidence he had. For example, when he confronts to Linda about his poor qualities as a salesman, he doesn't degrade against it. Instead he lets it degrade him.
Dave Singleman was Loman's inspiration; he was a successful salesman across New England, claimed that he died the death of a salesman, meaning he died by pleasing everyone. Since he pleased everyone, Willy believes that this is his motto. In reality, Willy is nothing like Dave Singleman because Willy has grown out: he is old like everything he owns like his car, his house, and even his refrigerator. Because of his inspiration, Willy continues to believe that he will become successful as he continues to work as a salesman: new promotions, a new car, and maybe the life he has pictured from the beginning.
Willy's impulse to continue "satisfy" everyone is qualified by his materialistic mind. He has illusions everyday, continues to think that he will end up one day rich like his brother Ben. Ben walked into a jungle at the age of seventeen, and when he was twenty-one, he walked out rich. What Willy doesn't realize is that this is impossible. This event has been placed inside of Willy's head forever, making him continually thinking that if he was well liked, he will be successful; he will be perfect. His flaws and self-conflict issues are triggered by him still hanging on to the past.
Willy is slowly losing himself due to his inclining relationships with the people in his life, including his two sons, wife, and boss. Linda explains that Willy is always upset every time he sees her. Mainly, though, their relationship is declining because he won't stop looking to the past, which causes Linda to go in a "crazy" state (69). As his life continues to complicate, his loss of confidence develops because as he talks to "Ben", he says that he values his brother's advice, referencing that he is lost and referencing him to continue looking back into the past.
He believes that the American Dream is being well liked and personally attractive as a man in business, and leading to him thinking that he deserves the material comforts that are offered by American life. Literally in the end, Willy dies trying which makes him a tragic hero. Everyone else was passive, while he was an active character and chased what he believed in, according to Arthur Miller's essay Tragedy and the Common Man. Although his dreams were and are quite delusional like Holden Caulfield's dreams, Willy was also attempting to find his rightful place in society. He has been displaced from it because of his pessimism towards things.
According to Miller, "tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism", and what this means in relation to Willy, he was also a passive character. He wasn't always a passive character, but sometimes he was by the low confidence he had. For example, when he confronts to Linda about his poor qualities as a salesman, he doesn't degrade against it. Instead he lets it degrade him.