The death of a salesman

In the play The Death of a Salesman, the character relations and development are the most important and prominent element within the play. From muddied, confused ideas of dreams and reality, to failures of communication and outside relations, to even the simple events leading to his death, Willy is a layered character all throughout the play. To follow his slow regression is a matter of real thought on his relations with his family and all the things that have impeded his "success" as a salesman, father, and husband. Sixty-three-year-old Willy Loman was a simple, family man but his obsessi…