The deep probing of Willy Loman's dreams and memories in Death of A Salesman where quite important in illustrating Miller's point. Willy is a man stuck in the past. His favorite pastime is reminiscing about times when things where good. Who even knows if those times really were as good as he imagines them to be? Like his inflated dreams of the future, the past may well be embellished by Willy's wild imagination. It seems …
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…never met and in turn he was always upset about the way things turned out. His relationship with Biff deteriorated when Biff decided to live his own life instead of Willy's dream. Willy's ignorance of other people's ideas and dreams made him a difficult man to deal with. Willy Loman is an insensitive, stubborn man that was so wrapped up in his dreams that he was oblivious to what was happening outside of his head.