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Death Of A Salesman - Character Analysis

Death of A Salesman

Death of a Salesman - Willy Lomans tragedy is due more to his own
flawed character than to societies flaws

Advancements in science throughout this century have led to
tremendous advancements in industry. Advancements in industry,
however, have not always led to advancements in living. For
some, society has created mass wealth. For most mass society has
created a standard of living unparalled throughout histort. For
Willy Loman, however, mass society has created only tremendous
greif and hardship, agravated by the endless promise. For these
reasons, his tragidy is due more to societies flaws than to the
flaws in his own character.
Willy Loman was host to many flaws and deficiencies ranging
form suicidal tendencies to phychotic disorders. However, these
shortcomings did not account for his tragic end, not by
themselves anyway. Soviety is to blame. It was society who
stripped him of his dignity, piece by piece. It was society who
stripped him of his lifestyle, and his own sons who stripped him
of hope.
The most obvious flaw in society is greed, the desire to get
ahead of the next guy. This malady is present on a national
level. It is the philosophy of business and comprises the dreams
of man. Sometimes, this can drive man to great things, sometimes
it can drive a man to ruin. Willy was driven to the latter.
(Not his own greed for he was a simple man with simple dreams,
but by the greed of others.) The developers who took away the
sun and gave birth to shadows, his boss who reduced him to
commission and his sons which reduced him to a failure.
The next largest flaw in society is a lack of compassion.
This could be as a result of almost overwhelming greed, the main
culprit being big...

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