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relaying his own free will. However, his choices led him directly to his fate. In Willy's world, fate was not predetermined by the gods but by society. He was doomed to failure to reach his dreams of being a successful and well-liked salesman because he could not be accepted the way he was. He tried to improve his life through hard work and lies, but the lies trap him in the end. He made as much money in the end of his job as he did when he started because he believed his own lies as did his family, only for awhile. He was no further ahead at the end than when he began his career. Linda clearly shows this when she says, "A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man. He works for a company thirty-six years this Marh, opens up unheard-of territories to their trademark, and now in his old age they take his salary away...He's been on straight commission, like a beginner, an unknown!"
Both characters suffer greatly because of their own character flaws. Oedipus let his ...

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all possible knowlege to end the terrible plague. Willy, too, was very commited to his family. He worked hard to earn money for his sons to help them on with their life but working so hard he never got a chance to enjoy them. Linda points out to her sons, .."but you don't have to be very smart to know what his trouble is. The man is exhausted."
Both men faced the truth in their own ways. When confrotned with the truth Oedipus gouged out his eyes and begged them to send him away, where he could cause no more harm, instead of dying, as he himself had decreed. "Banish me from this country as fast as you can-where no man can see me or speak to me." Willy also banishes himself from ...

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