Linda Loman is married to Willy and is probably of comparable age. works as a housewife not that intelligent Maybe Willy has never been well-liked himself and this idea is only a result of admiring a brother, a father that went away too soon. Maybe the times have changed and selling oneself does not work anymore by being well-liked but by being serious, reliable, rational Maybe he has never been ment to be a salesman, maybe he is like Biff It is quite probable that he fails selling products because he fails selling himself. This last aspect seems to have a certain importance for Willy because it is the essence of his job as a salesman. It can be argued that this dream is a result of the American Dream, or more specifically, of the determination that derives from a society that regards the American Dream as the one-and-only true concept – meaning becoming rich (richer than one's parents), being an accepted member of society (harmonic nuclear family, etc.) and selling oneself. He may have always been such a character but now that his life turns out not to be able to compete with his old dreams, he switches over to his dream world more and more often.Īlthough he does a lot of mistakes and totally loses control of himself, he is actually a bright character (noticing his situation and trying to kill himself) who actually understands that his dreams are just dreams.Īll in all, Willy Loman is a character captured in his dreams and in his incapability to be content with any life that lies outside this dream. He does not want his son Biff to do such kind of work (he did not before, either) and refuses a proposition for a job (although probably not exactly what is called 'manual work') by Charley after having been fired by Howard because of his loss of self-control.
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Suffering a great disillusionment and a breakdown in self-convidence, Willy focuses on a depriciative attitude towards manual work despite the fact that he has always liked "working with his hands" (and has often perfored this kind of work in his high-times). Maybe Willy, who has the idea that success should be a result of being well-liked (because of one's physical and mental strength (Willy has neither)) claims this idea as a product of his own genius, as his personal achievement (noticing that he is only copying in any other matters). It is remarkable that Ben, in Willy's imagination, is no kind of well-liked person. Since the role model of the old man turned out to be either inappropriate for Willy or for the changing times, Willy began to project his hopes and dreams on Ben, who he imagined to have become really rich. He then had a girlfriend to be able to stand the psychological problems that resulted out of his economic failure and started to lend money from his neighbour and friend Charley telling his wife he had earned the money himself (she found out, anyway). It is possible that Willy was quite succesful in the following years (marrying and Biff and Happy being born) but by the time that his sons grew older, it must have been clear to him that his life was no story of success. He embodied Willy's longings to be rich (successful) and well-liked (loved). When he was old enough, Willy intented to go there, too but instead decided to become a salesman, as he learned about a very successful salesman who still at a very impressing age was worth both money and in social matters. When Willy Loman was very young, his father went away (probably to Alaska) and his brother Ben followed him, soon.
Needs to be loved/liked/shown that he is worth something travels all across New England for the company, in order to sell stockings lost in dreams and illusions works as a salesman for a new York company led by Howard Wagner has a house which he is about to pay off lives with his wife Linda and has two sons, Biff and Happy which are grown up Willy Loman:-somewhere in his fifties or sixties
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