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Macbeth’s guilt pulls him into a downward spiral where his feelings turn into paranoia, and his precautions to remain innocent, become tyranny. Similarly, in Death of a Salesman,Willy’s desire to be rich, well-liked and recognized for his hard work, leads him to become a salesman. Willy explains how Dave Singleman inspires him to become a salesman in this quote, “WILLY: ... I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want...” (Miller,Act 2, pg 63). Willy becomes a salesman but cannot support his family because he does not acquire the necessary skills of a successful salesman. Willy’s guilt of not being a successful salesman becomes masked with egotism, denial and a recurring escape into past