Willy Loman Conflict

“Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are”(Moyer). In the play, ‘Death of a Salesman’, Willy Loman is a man trying to live out the American dream. To his dismay he is not able to fantasy and gives up on life itself. There are many reasons throughout the play that lead to his death including his conflicts with the environment around him. There are multiple forms of conflict during the play all leading to a negative outcome. In his work ‘Death of a Salesman’ Arthur Miller illustrates the idea that Willy’s conflicts with society, his family and his friends conclusively contribute to his passing. His struggle with society is through his lack of income and his determination to achieve the American …show more content…
It includes how Willy believed in how you look over how intelligent you are, he romanticed suicide and thought that success was everything. Due to Willy’s fleeting mental health be begins to hallucinate and talk to his dead brother Ben that he believes is still alive and there. Wily starts to talk about how much he is loved by people all around the world and that his “funeral will be massive.” (Act two, 100). Willy Loman believes that he is looked up to by everyone he meets and that by committing suicide he will go down in history as a hero. He assumes that his family will get insurance money from his death and that they will no longer be struggling to pay the bills and that by having a huge funeral it will prove everyone who doubted him wrong, showing that he was loved. If only he could see that just five people showed up to pay their respects. Furthermore, Willy also deems that looks can get you anywhere, leading to his employer to let him go. He was once a fairly successful man, but as he got older he became less confident, less profitable making him less important to the company. In another instance, when talking to Bernard, a friend of Biff, he told him that he “can get the best marks in school … but when he gets out in the businesses world” his son, Biff, will be five times ahead of him due to his looks (Act one, 21). His belief in attractiveness over brains ultimately leads him to the

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