Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Who suffers most from Willy's delusions? Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Undoubtedly,
the person who suffers the most
from Willy's delusions is his wife Linda. Although this may be
an arguable
observation, the evidence in the novel points at this being quite

probable.

The character of Willy Loman in 's is
a sixty
year old man who has achieved very little in life because he has
embarked in a never-ending
quest to hit his version of the American Dream:
One which can be obtained quickly and painlessly
if only one is well-liked
and good looking.

Living under that philosophy,
Willy has
brought more grief than joy into his household: He has raised two sons under
his
"spell", turning them into immature womanizers. He also has cheated on
his wife in the
quest of being "well-liked" and "popular", and he has
brought  little
earnings to their finances. After all, Willy has done nothing
but to live off his
"dreams" of making it big, which are wrong from the
beginning.


With time, Willy's illusions have turned into
delusions. Literally. Now in...

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