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A 3 page essay that examines the legacy of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman." This play is an American tragedy because the legacy that Willy passes on to his sons is one that is terribly flawed. Willy has consistently adhered to the American cultural standard that links good looks, popularity and material possessions with a conceptualization of what it means to be a "success." The context of the play shows that this legacy has not only failed to provide Willy with happiness or a sense of purpose in his life, but it has also failed his sons. No additional sources cited.
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on to his sons is one that is terribly flawed. Willy has consistently adhered to the American cultural standard that links good looks, popularity and material possessions with a conceptualization
of what it means to be a "success." The context of the play shows that this legacy has not only failed to provide Willy with happiness or a sense of
purpose in his life, but it has also failed his sons. The play concerns the final days in Willys life. He is a traveling salesman whose age is somewhere
around sixty. Willy has spent his entire adult life on the road, visiting far-flung clients and his health is beginning to fail. In the opening scene, Willy is returning to
his home in Brooklyn because he lost control of his car en route to his territory in New England. His wife, Linda, hopes that Willy will be able to
secure a desk job with his company, but it soon becomes clear that he will be discarded. As the company has rung everything it could from him, it will now
simply throw him away like an orange that has had all of its juice squeezed out. Through Willys memories, the play shows why Willys sense of self worth has
been so completely dependent on the perception of others. His father left his family when Willy was quite young. Consequently, he had no foundation on which to build a firm
sense of male identity. At one point, Willy begs his older brother Ben to stay a few more days. Willy tells Ben: "Youre just what I need, Ben, because I
- I have a fine position here, but I -- well, Dad left when I was such a baby and I never had a chance to talk to him and
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