Term Papers on Death Of A Salesman

Term Paper Title	Death Of A Salesman
# of Words	812
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.25

Death of a Salesman

The tragedy "Death of a Salesman" deals with Willy's relationship with his sons to whom he tragically passes on his fate to. Just like Joe Keller in "All My Sons," Willy is primarily concerned with the future of his boys. Willy instills in them his views, hoping to set them up with successful careers in selling. Miller's tragedy, however lies in the fact that he passes on to his sons his overconfidence and an inflated image of self. Willy has a tough life of a traveling salesman, suffering on the road in order to raise a family. His dreams lie in the success of his sons. Tragically, Willy causes their downfall by stripping them from reality, making them more like him. He also instills his own values in them, making them think that they need to sell themselves to impress everyone. Miller enhances the dramatic effect and the degree of sufferings by this simple man, who dearly loves his sons, by allowing Willy to pass his flaws on to his sons and therefore cause their downfall.
While trying hard to raise self-confident men, Willy unintentionally encouraged his boys' weaknesses and over-inflated their image of themselves. Willy's extreme case of self-deception causes him to have a distorting memory. It is for this reason he withdrawals from reality and can see Ben. Willy gave his sons the impressions that if they were likable, were good at sports and popular, they would succeed in the adult business world. The time Biff "borrowed" a basketball from the locker room, he was encouraged by his father: "...Coach will probably congratulate you on your initiative...[t]hat's because he likes you. If somebody else took that ball there'd be an uproar." Willy brought up his boys believing in his sales talk. His sons grew up learning to believe their own lies. Upon his return home, Biff told his family that Oliver has invited him back to work for him. Biff actually believes this figment of his imagination, although he stole a carton of basketballs from the man ten years before. The correlation instilled in him by Willy that success in sports means success in business tortured Biff in his jobs. As he put it, he knew that he could outrun, outbox and outlift anyone, but his insignificant position in the store, made him sleep with his bosses' wives. The infla...

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