Death Of A Salesman Self Deception Analysis

Lies and Deceit Some people think that self-deception can help them with their family problems but it only makes it worse. Self-deception is not right and will almost every single time lead down the wrong path. It can also hurt people if used the wrong way. In Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, there are a lot of lies and deceiving from character to character in the story. In the play, the characters do this to escape the reality of their lives. The characters would self-deceive about their jobs, how they are doing, and even grades just for the family to feel better and enjoy their lives. One of the characters does knows this but they still keep on self-deception each other which lead them into the tragedy of this play. Truth is better than self-deception but this family does not know the truth so they …show more content…
The family in the play self-deceives the most because they do not like to believe in the reality around them. “The Lomans are all self-deceptive, and in their own delusions and rashness to reality, they fuel and feed of one another.” (Diaz) Willy self-deceives the most because he does not know what to do in some situations so he would think what Ben, his brother, would do in the same situation, but does not help any. Willy is so in and out of reality that it is almost a regular thing, and only Biff can stop him, but he does not help him in time. Willy also dreams of his son’s greatness in business; unable to face his own failure. “Willy: [turning to Ben] Business is bad, it’s murderous. But not for me, of course.” (Miller 51) Willy continues to self-deceive in order to try and impress Ben and make himself feel better. “Willy Loman, the main