Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman gives different insights and different meanings to the American dream of success and shows what can happen when the dream is false, distorted or unfulfilled. ... Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” ends with the tragic suicide of Willy Loman, the lead character. ... Always the dreamer, he attempts to make his mark as a salesman because “selling [is] the greatest career a man [can] want”. ... In the end, Willy decides that his whole life has been a failure, so he decides to become successful in death. ... But even in death he falls short of his goal.