Illusion And Reality In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

An individual’s want for an improved sense of self-perception has the power to influence the person and say that living in a state of illusion and misunderstanding is more satisfying than facing the reality of their situation. When a person faces the idea that others see them in a negative light, that individual, as a result of our inmate human nature, will turn to their own self-perception to seek a higher opinion and will ignore their capability to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality in favour of false approval and praise towards their own being. Through the interplay between illusion and the reality, Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a salesman, depicts how Willy desire to become a great salesman and to be well-liked, which leads him to fully acceptance illusion of the present and ignoring the conflict that exist in reality. But in reality Willy cannot achieve greatness until he confront and deal with his illusion.
Self- perception plays a key role in individual’s illusion which creates an illusion in order to keep their self-perception a dream they want to maintain. Willy illusion is that he is a great salesman but in reality he is just an average salesman who …show more content…
But in reality he never becomes that man and he was not well-liked that’s why no one expect his family, Charley and Bernard comes to his funeral. Willy had created a fantasy world for himself and for his family, a world where he and his “Have what it takes” to make it in the business world as a salesman. The worry that is found within seeking a greater self-perception as a way to gain the approval of others will lead to lack of awareness and it increases unawareness, which will convince the individual to believe that the only reality that is important is the false reality they have created for