Is Willy Loman's suicide a completion of the American Dream?
Date Submitted: 10/04/2004 16:56:59
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 3 pages (754 words)
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 3 pages (754 words)
Willy Loman's interpretation of the American Dream is defined by a life that is composed of fortune and fame. In the Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman believes that being well liked and having a personal attractiveness, together, can bring success, money and many friends. Willy Loman's inability to live up to his own goals drives him to place expectations on his sons. When Willy realizes that his sons abandon him and his aspirations, he …
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…character because he never reaches his illusions of fame and prosperity. Willy's life is so situated on a dream for success that he tries to sell his idea of the American Dream to his sons. Biff does not choose to be trapped in Willy's grandiose fantasies because he has dreams of his own. When Willy no longer has hope that Biff will achieve greatness, his only means of completing the American Dream is committing suicide
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