Death Of A Sales Man

19 Pages 4675 Words

…… I’’m staying right in this city and I’’m gonna beat this racket ……he had a good dream. It’’s the only dream a man can have –– to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’’m gonna win it for him.”” Arthur Miller portrayal of the Loman family places emphasis on the man struggling to achieve the perfection that is the American dream. It is not an attack upon the American system but an evidence of the systems possible effectiveness. The American dream and Willy’’s dream were the end of Willy. Willy Lomans tragedy is due equally to his own flawed character and to society’’s flaws. For some, society has created mass wealth. For Willy Loman, however, society has created only tremendous grief and hardship, provoked by the endless promises. For these reasons, his tragedy is due to society flaws. Willy Loman had many flaws and deficiencies ranging form suicidal tendencies to psychotic disorders. However, these failing did not account for his tragic end, by themselves. The most obvious ...