Society killed Willy Lowman. If someone other than his wife had stopped and thought about all the problems in his life then he probably would have been happier and he probably would not have wanted to die so badly. My main point is that Willy probably would not have killed himself. I like this play because it applies to real life. Another example of this that is not in the play, is in the movie What Women Want staring Mel Gibson. Erin was the girl that handled all of the files at Nick’s, Mel Gibson’s, job. Erin was always ignored, even by Nick himself until he heard her thinking to herself that no one would even notice that she was gone. The next day Nick went to her house and stopped her from committing suicide. Even though, it took Nick being able to read the minds of women to understand that she was going through more then meets the eye, he still cared. The problem with today’s society is that if we see someone going through something we tend to ignore it and not help. I admit I am guilty of this myself! Willy was just so rattled and tired of working that he was literally going out of his mind and the only one that seemed to notice was his wife, Linda. Willy’s own two boys did not even notice he was suicidal until their mother told them what was going on. Also, Biff and Happy did not really care about their father. They both proved this when they walked out on him in the restaurant and just left him there. I think that is a very horrible thing to do to your own father. The only one that really loved him was Linda. She helped him the best that she could.
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I liked the play for what it teaches us about society, however I didn't really like the movie version. Dustin Hoffman was just annoying as Willy Loman. I dunno, maybe that's how the character has to be. Maybe you have to hate him and love him simultaneously.
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I agree! Though, I think that Dustin Hoffamn did an amazing job!
I suppose he did. It's just that my theatre class was watching it in the auditorium/stage area using a projector on a screen. I suppose Dustin Hoffman's rambling and running back and forth made me a little dizzy...
I'm definitely leaning towards the "hate him and love him" angle. Even though Will was annoying, he was still a character to sympathise with.
Biff: "I'm nothing. I'm a dime a dozen Willy, and so are you!"
That line is great.
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