Essay On Willy Loman's Inevitable Death

The Inevitable Death of a Salesman. Self reflection is not always the first instinct when faced with the war of reality. In the play, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman struggled with creating his own reality instead of accepting that his actions led his life astray. This string of denial not only led to poor choice of careers and a separated family but also a fate for Willy that can never be unchanged; the inevitable death of a salesman. Willy, a businessman, had prided himself in his work, and bragged to his children and Wife since the beginning of the play that he was not only well off in the market, but well liked. As he illustrated on page 19, “And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England.” Willy told tales to his children that assured them that the only thing they would need, like him, is to be well liked and they …show more content…
You’re doing fine, better than-” Willy felt guilty for how he treated his wife, cheating on her and taking away her voice in the household. Although, his own habits made it hard for him to see from right and wrong and then act on those thoughts accordingly, so he let his wife see him as that hero. She fed into this dream so much that when her son, Biff, began to see the reality of his father's life she lashed out at him like on page 98, “Get out of here, both of you, and don’t come back! I don’t want you tormenting him any more!” Biff telling his father that he didn’t want business as his own career was betraying his father in Linda’s eyes. Willy saw his career as such an important aspect of his life that Biffs betrayal had him spiraling so in Act two, when Biff begs him to understand, he simply couldn’t, “BIFF [crying, broken]: Will you let me go for Christ’s sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?” Unable to notice that he brainwashed Linda and outcasted his children when they wanted to follow their own dreams, Willy broke his family