In Willy’s eyes, he is already immortalized, a martyr who serves as the spokesman for a noble cause. In being well-liked and remembered, Willy is validated by the love of others through ways in which his family cannot. As a result, he overlooks the human side of Singleman, envisioning him as a happy man when in truth he may have been just as troubled as Willy himself. Ironically enough, Willy’s most coveted position of salesman is one he is
Being Well Liked Motif Willy is at the bottom of the totem pole in a capitalistic world. He owns nothing, and he makes nothing, so he has no sense of accomplishment. Robbed of this, he develops the theory that if a person is well liked and has a great deal of personal attractiveness, then all doors will automatically be opened for him. Willy built his life around these dreams. However, for Willy to live by his ideals necessitates building or telling many lies, and these illusions replace reality in Willy's mind.
This reveals the tragic side of the American Dream, where it does not bring anticipation, but affliction. In contrary to this, the play also demonstrates the prosperous version of the American Dream, through Willy’s brother, Ben, whose wealth is an example of tangible success.Ben is not alive and is a figment of Willy’s troubled imagination. He gloats and says, ‘Why, boys, when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God, I was rich!’ The material wealth and pervasiveness of capitalism in American society drives Ben into giving up his intention of looking for his father, and instead, flourishing economically. Willy associates Ben with qualities that he himself severely lacks Realtiyvs Illusion Willy has dreams of material success, notoriety and has a misguided notion of the American Dream.
Willy has a dream that he refuses to give up even when it becomes clear that his dream is shallow, unrealistic and unattainable. The American Dream, a belief that any man can achieve material greatness and subsequent happiness if he works hard enough, if he fights for it, had a personal connotation for Miller, whose uncle was a travelling salesman, and whose father was a wealthy manufacturer before losing his wealth in the Great Depression. His family’s ongoing struggle with poverty certainly influenced this particular work, and others. Willy genuinely believes that that personal attractiveness (constant references to the importance of being “Well liked”) and hard work is enough to guarantee success. His view of success was inspired by Dave Singleman, who at the age of 84 could sell anything to anyone from his hotel room and whose funeral was attended by hundreds of people.
The central theme in Death of a Salesman is the idea of satisfying the heart’s desires through faulty means. Willy’s desire to be a successful man, a good father, and a loving husband is, at its root, the desire of being well-liked and the want to be known as a good man. He has never actually given a thought to his own happiness as he goes through life pleasing the people around him and making relationships with those who will soon no longer be around. In Act I, he claims that “…the man who creates a personal interest is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want.” (Miller 1777; act I).
The significance of this scene is the fact that now there are no lies and his children and wife can see for themselves, how weighed down he really was by the American Dream. The American dream offered people a chance to achieve riches even if they had started penniless. Becoming wealthy in all aspects required characteristics of charisma, masculinity and competitiveness, having these meant you were on the right road to success. This could be an indication to the audience, showing us that these are the main reasons why Willy pressurizes his sons to be more successful with their personalities than their education as this is his way of living, and his way of learning how to grow up to be successful forces Willy to live his façade. “Because the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead.
Reasonable Eccentric Behavior of Dorian Gray . In the book, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray is a handsome and proper man, but on the inside he is full of madness, guilt and misery. Initially he’s a melodramatic and petulant young man , but after realizing his true morals –his life skews toward the futile side. Instead of fixing his life, he lives for the pursuit of pleasure which makes him indifferent. Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism.
His motivation is psychosocial theory. Even though Marcelo makes plenty of money and is completely happy in his current position, he feels the need to take advantage of this promotional opportunity. Marcelo wanted the current position so bad and he was rewarded with his current position but he is being pulled into the idea of a new position and the power and prestige it will bring him. Marcelo has worked hard to get where he is today and wants to continue to reach his full potential. Marcelo has even worked overtime without pay to prove to his employer how much he loves the company he works for.
21). Willy was bragging, which he likes doing, about his sons being very good at their lives. Just before this, Willy was saying how Bernard might get the best marks in school, but Biff and Happy would be better off in the business world. This is because they have a better personality and are better looking then Bernard. But this happens not to be true for Biff, as he saw Willy’s affair and drops out of summer school.
Unfortunately, his preoccupation with the superficial qualities of attractiveness and popularity is at odds with a more realistic and rewarding perception of the “American Dream,” and this identifies that hard work without complaints is the key to success. Willy’s superficial and shallow judgment of likability is one the main causes for his blind faith in the “American Dream.” As we read the novel, we notice that Willy has a childish dislike for a young man named Bernard because he appears as nerdy and personally unattractive. However, Bernard ends up being a very successful lawyer, proving that it is neither looks nor popularity that will get you farther in life. Willy’s blind faith in the “American Dream” leads to his downfall as he realizes more and more that his own life and the dream are very distinct from one another. It’s definitely, and unfortunately, very common for people today to have the same perception of the “American Dream” that Willy Loman does.