The name вЂLomanвЂ™ could also be a reference to вЂlow manвЂ™, someone that does not have a high status in the class hierarchy.Arthur MillerвЂ™s вЂDeath of a SalesmanвЂ™ (1949) opens with an extensive description of the Loman house. It is important that Willy LomanвЂ™s death is mentioned in the title of the play as it shows how the play may not be about WillyвЂ™s death as an individual, but it is about the hazardous ills of society and the mass effect that it is having. Willy seems to be in вЂњdesperationвЂќ when he tells Howard that he has вЂњgotta earn moneyвЂќ. Act two is when Linda begins to become extremely anxious about WillyвЂ™s sufferings as she mentions to Biff how she wanted to вЂњdestroyвЂќ the вЂњlittle rubber pipeвЂќ but finds it already missing at the hands of Biff himself.

This continues in Act Two, when Willy says that he вЂњslept like a dead oneвЂќ, the again foreshadowed simile alludes the audience to the inevitable fate of WillyвЂ™s death.

This decline is further highlighted in Scene One when Happy says that Willy вЂњstops at a green light and then turns red and he goesвЂќ and the use of the lexical choice вЂњagainвЂќ when Happy exclaims that Willy вЂњsmashed up the car again!вЂќ His death is also heavily foreshadowed from the very beginning of the play, in Act One, Scene One when Willy states that he is вЂњtired to the deathвЂќ, an early indication of his deteriorating well-being. WillyвЂ™s death is so heavily foreshadowed that it is no shock to the audience when it happens but the sense of inevitability spurs the amplified pathos. It could be symbolic of how the capitalistic employers did not see their employees as individuals but rather as disposable because of their working class status. The world appears a worse off place without him due to the lack of attention that is paid to his death, only his close family come to his funeral and they are also the only ones that noticed the warning signs of his death. Miller creates this high level of pathos following WillyвЂ™s death as a message to the audience of the unrealistic ideology of the American Dream. The fact that very few people have learnt from WillyвЂ™s mistakes shows the indoctrination that American society have enforced and the dangers of it. He doesnвЂ™t want to commit to the idealised life that his father had set out for him.

Biff is the only character that appears to understand the importance of his fatherвЂ™s tale when he stresses that вЂњI know who I am, kidвЂќ.

Shown when Linda questions вЂњWhy didnвЂ™t anybody come?вЂќ when mentioning WillyвЂ™s funeral.

Linda lets Willy treat her badly throughout the play and even in his death she wonders why nobody has respect for him, he either idolised or patronised the people he met.

Happy wants to continue in WillyвЂ™s footsteps of becoming a salesman and staying in the same claustrophobic city.

It appears that very few people learnt from his passing:

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