Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller Essay -- Death Salesman Arthur Mill

finale of Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Requiem seems to simply conclude the play at the funeral and letus see the other characters view of events with some retrospect.However, with surrounding(prenominal) scrutiny, we see that old issues and resentmentsare still very prevalent.The Requiem posterior be split into two halves. The first half sees Charley,Biff, Linda and Happy over Willys grave. Each character is unique intheir perspective at this point, reflecting Willys birth change ofperspective towards the end of play and reminding us of several themesin the text.Happy still clings to the memory of Willy Loman as the successfulsalesman and general right(a) man. Indeed, he holds this view with someferocity. He tries to stop Biff beingness negative about his father (thestage directions include al more or less ready to advertize Biff infuriated) andhis last words are ones of defianceIm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did non die invein this is where Im gonna win it for himThis seems rather absurd to the lector as it is clear now that theAmeri nookie Dream for the Loman family is just that- a dream. Thespectacular failure of his father and the collapse of the family showthat the dogmatic inquisition of success is fruitless and even dangerous.Happy is a very apt distinguish for the son who tries to be happy and showa brave look even when things have collapsed around him. Otherexamples of this include Happy collect Biff both when they talk aboutsetting up strain together and when Happy tries to make Biff attractwomen at the eating house in Scene 2. Happy also represents the side ofWilly that he was most employ to (Happy, unlike Biff, lived with Willyday to day and so was more indoctrinated to the lies and... ...wife. sooner of seeing the inevitable, as Charley does, orbeing somehow released like Biff, she can only see things in terms ofmoney and time, like Willy used to obsess over- He even finished withthe dentist.The second hal f of the Requiem is apply to Linda. It is quite hardto understand. She recounts that she cant cry but then seconds latershe is sobbing more fully. wherefore is this? Maybe telling her truefeelings to Willy instead of suppressing them like when he was awake(p)releases her, but she keeps repeating were free. As she whispersthis she seems to be on a high plane and connecting with Willy.This, however, is open to interpretation and all we can safely say isthat the Requiem releases the pressure that was mounting in the Lomanhousehold in possibly the only way it could with the realisation ofthe failure of the American Dream.