Irony In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

The struggle to find success is desperate in some people’s eyes. Willy Loman was struggling and put the wrong morals into his son’s brains. The morals are what many people would argue, are the wrong ones. They had to be perfect with no mistakes, Willy thought. The flaws that he had were instable nature, inability to tell the truth, and his guilt. He continues to live in the past and bring his sons down with him. These themes revolve around his nature, telling the truth, and guilt. Flaws can be anything from small too big. Willy has many, but one in particular would have to be that he is somewhat bipolar. His mood changes “a lot”, and his wife is worried about his state of mind. For example he calls his son Biff lazy one second and not lazy another second. Willy has a clear sign of having a temperamental nerve which can snap at any moment. People want to leave the world knowing that they made a change in it. Willy was desperate to leave something tangible behind. He wants to know that he made a difference in the world and for the better. Everyone must leave …show more content…
With Willy it would have to be about his affair that he had in the past. The symbolism with that is the stockings that he gave his secret lover which were originally meant for Linda. Every time he sees Linda mending her stocking he gets irritated because of the thought he gets from seeing them. In conclusion, Will Loman is a very flawed individual who had a hug impact on many people’s lives. He perceives himself as a failure to this world. He was just a traveling salesman who was growing old and became less productive for his company. Then he got fired, and couldn’t accept his failure. He regretted that he was unfaithful to his wife, and that he didn’t respect his son Biff. Willy Loman had no opportunity to deal with his failures because he decided to take the easy way out so they say. He committed suicide, “the permanent fix to a temporary