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Post by sophiago116 on Mar 31, 2013 8:58:12 GMT -5
In the play, Willy wanted to die "the death of a salesman." Do you think Willy achieved that goal?
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Post by leiade116 on Mar 31, 2013 18:22:02 GMT -5
I do not think he achieved the goal of dying the death of a salesman simply because of his actions. Aside from the obvious (he was fired) Willy was in no mental condition to be considered a working man. He was a dishonest man in many aspects of his life, including his family life and work life. He had an affair and lied about his accomplishments as a salesman. Willy always needed something to look forward to, something to cheer him up to get him through the next day; when he was let down, he was an irritable old man. Willy did not die a "death of a salesman" because he didn't deserve to. Willy died a pretty pathetic and tragic figure, a poor father and an unfaithful husband.
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Post by bernadettela116 on Apr 2, 2013 0:45:06 GMT -5
I think that he did succed in dying like a salesman because he died as a common man with nothing to offer. If salesmen exemplify the lowly masses in society, then his pathetic nature actually makes his death even that more of an everyman death. While Willy might not have died the death of a salesman like Dave Singleman, he died the death of the saleman that is the common man.
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