Death Of A Salesmen

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his Unfulfilled dreams, frustrated hope and draw parallels to our present world.
Miller shows Willy as “a protagonist who no longer distinguishes between memory, imagination, reality and desire”(121 Martin). The tragedy begins to unfold when Willy’s memory of the past occurs virtually simultaneously with his present action. Although Willy’s memory was only illusions apparently they appeared real to
him. “You can not always believe the evidence of your own eyes, since appearances can be deceiving, it is not our eyes that deceive us; rather, it is our beliefs and expectancies”(125 Bugelski). “When Willy moves from the kitchen to Linda and the boys, to the Arthur, back to Linda and then to Happy and Charley in the kitchen”(124 Martin). The movement shows Willy taking a double trip into the past before returning to the future. Most people would consider Willy a psychopath that needs psychological assistance. His psychological ...

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hit low and hit hard,
because it’s important, boy. There’s all kinds of important people in the stands and the first thing you know..."(l. 926).
A dream that never achieved anything. Willy could not understand Biff’s failure, because he raised his sons on the philosophy that, success obtained by being well liked and hard working. Willy not knowing his son's failure is his fault turned to his brother for guidance.
Apparently all Willy felt he had left was his memories and his brother successful words, “when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle and when I was twenty one I walked out. And by God I was rich"(l. 506). Willy regretted not going with ...

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