For Willy Loman, to be liked was the definitive criterion of life success. The American dream of wealth and luck became Willy’s dream, and it almost became reality. Willy realizes that in fact he has lived his life in vain, never achieving nor succeeding but remaining a shadow of his ambition. It is this sudden insight that urges him into a fantasy, afraid to face the future. It is only through Willy’s failure …showed first 75 words of 1082 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1082 total…has two sons. Life was good at that time. But by the end, Willy dies without a job. Modern buildings have surrounded the neighborhood that was so nice when he first moved there. The sight of his house between all those newer and better houses shows how much Willy stayed dwelled in the past. Throughout the whole play Willy's dialogue is usually about what used to be, never reaching the American Dream, never ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**