Abandonment In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

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A major theme in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is abandonment, though mostly in the eyes of the protagonist Willy Loman. Willy’s flashbacks and conversations are all caused by different abandonments in his past, the earliest being his father. As imaginary Ben tells Willy, their father left when Willy was “three years and eleven months old.” (47). This makes Willy desire to be a perfect parent for his children, trying to make up for his father’s disappearance. Later in Willy’s life, his brother Ben leaves him for Africa, and just a few weeks before the plays present time, Ben had left Willy forever in death. However, after trying so hard to be a perfect parent, he makes his son, Biff, feel isolated and emotionally abandoned when Biff finds
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