Willy Loman Failure

Willy Loman: Willy Loman is a salesman that is a devout believer in the American Dream his whole life, but despite his obsession with this dream, he has never achieved it, negatively affecting all of his family and friends. Willy’s failure to realize his personal failure and selfishness has created a disillusion of the world, partially leading to Happy’s similar inability to realize their miserable realities. Willy’s state seems to allow his older son, Biff, acknowledge his own failure and allows him to confront it, contrasting with Willy’s main problem throughout his life.

Linda Loman: Linda Loman is the wife of the disillusioned salesman, and also one of the main characters that seems to have a sense of reason or realistic view of their …show more content…
He becomes internally conflicted between whether moving west or to continue with Willy’s dream. Biff differs from his brother and his father, due to the fact that finally confronts his failure in his life, which allows him to finally break free from his father’s entrapping dream and move onto to the symbolically free territory. Willy sees Biff as an underachiever because of this, which leads to many heated interactions between the …show more content…
Willy becomes jealous of Charlie’s achievements, maybe because Willy never obtained the American Dream he desperately chased his whole life. Charlie appears to be a caring neighbor for Willy, even paying for Willy’s bills when he can no longer pay for his own. Willy refuses to show Charlie any respect despite his kindness towards Willy, until in the last parts of the play when he comes to the realization that Charlie might be his own real friend left. Charlie also acts as the character of commonsense and reason, even proposing a reasonable solution to Willy’s financial