... Willy talking to Linda, the event that triggers his memory. Willy confesses to Linda that he is not "well-liked-, and she unsuccessfully tries to reassure him. He thanks her for her efforts, and begins to mumble, "he just gets so lonely-. As he says this The Woman's laughter filters through, and she then appears with light focussing on her alone ... 's sanity. Any confusion that may be experienced reading the play would not exist if watching the play. It is this; Willy's inability to accept the falseness of his dreams that prevents him from confronting reality. The themes that begin in t...

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... daily lives, which we live by, by being in certain places at certain times. For most of us, it is easy to live in the present, taking in the day's activities and looking to the future. In the story Death of a Salesman, the Loman family is not like the majority of society, living in the present, but living in the past and in illusions. Willy Loman ... success and believes that his father was a good man with a good dream. Unlike Biff, he thought of Willy as a hard working individual and looked up to him in every way. The treatment of time throughout the story develops two main themes. The...

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