... by his sons' success and popularity. It is because of this that Willy stops creating dreams of his own success and replaces them with lies about Biff's success. "How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there?" Biff tells Happy about his visit to see Bill Oliver. "I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and ... , he could have attempted different techniques as a salesman, he could have accepted reality. But he did none of these things, and instead thought only of suicide as means of apologizing to Biff - as his suicide would bring...

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Willy as Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realise that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. Willy's relentless, but naive pursuit of success has not only affected his sense of his own worth but has dominated the lives of his wife Linda and his sons ... his sons, Biff and Happy. He imbues his sons with the spirit of competition. When Biff can not keep up with the keen competition in the industrialised impersonal American work force, he goes t...

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... ; happiness, which in other words is described as the American Dream. Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman demoralizes the idea of this dream that everyone hopes to achieve. Miller is able to portray this dream through the delusional life of Willy Loman, a typical low income American trying to provide for his family. America ... to achieving the success he always hoped for. The play should be seen as a whole in which the life, and death of Willy Loman shows the faulty deception of this American Dream. Willy Loman's tragic flaw comes from the fact that he misinterpreted the American Dream,...

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In Death of a Salesman, the central character, Willy Loman, suffers great misfortune due to his denial of reality. His denial of reality leads to the absence of concreteness in his life. For example, he advises his son, Biff to be serious when going to talk to Bill Oliver, not to use boy's ... because of this that Willy stops creating dreams of his own success and replaces them with lies about Biff's success. "How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there?" Biff tells Happy about his visit to see Bill Oliver. "I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for ... him! And th...

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