Salespeople who died for the wrong reasonsIn the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the title itself can be seen by the audience as a foreshadowing idea either the real death or the metaphorical death of a salesman. When a reader sees this title for the first time, this is what they think of. Arthur Miller uses this title to say that there is the death of a character in this literary work, but it is up to the reader to decide who or what the title refers to, and how it contrasts reality with reality. ideal. In the play, the reader sees that the time period the play is set in is the 1940s, just after the depression, and that the economy is booming for those who take advantage of it to become financially healthy, which was the American dream at the time. Living at that time, the author describes many salesmen. Willy Loman, Howard, Richard Singleman, Ben, Charley. Now, the difference between these characters is that some of them succeed, while others do not. The main character we need to look at is Willy. He's an ordinary salesman with extraordinary thoughts. He believes that he is well liked and that for those who are well liked, the world will revolve around them and everything will go well for them. The reader can sense the irony of this statement when they see what happens to Will and his family in the play. The upbringing Willy gave his children was not as positive as Willy thought. He preached to his children that being liked was the only thing one needed in the real world. What Willy didn't understand is that the world changes, and when it changes, ideas change too. An idea from one era will not be compatible with another era. ...... middle of paper ...... is the ideal seller. Willy could never be like him. Richard has no family to take care of, so business is his life, he lives it. Willy, on the other hand, has a family and other factors that place him in a different environment, completely different from Richard's. Seeing Richard's environment and wanting to be in that environment will bring Willy to a point in his life where he will fall apart. The price Willy sees fit to pay for the damage caused by his actions is his own life. This seems very appropriate, but Willy should have tried to survive instead of running away from the problem like a coward. Richard Singleman died with dignity and honor. Willy died to save his family and for his extreme stubbornness to resist change and to live with the fact that he was wrong about his ideas. Here is the death of a seller who lost his life.