Why am I always being contradicted?“(Miller 9). He shows most of his anger towards Linda, who suffers a lot : “Why do you get American when I like Swiss? I don't want a change! I want Swiss cheese. His flashbacks are not always scenes from his past, but conversions of actual problems with characters from the past like his brother Ben or the sound of the flute that is symbolic of his father, who has sold flutes. In his numerous switches into his past, it becomes clear that he is not satisfied with his life and his situation. Happy is the only one with a regular income, but is not settled yet either and so he always tries to force his views on how life must be on them, which makes both parties angry and morbid. He has always been proud of his two sons, but cannot rely on them to care for him in his older days, because they do not have a regular life. He is exhausted and cannot go on the road anymore and consequently loses his job. Willy Loman is a senior salesman who is “sixty years old“ (Miller 7) and loses his mind during the story. 2.1 Introducing the most important characters 2.1.1 Willy Loman On this basis, it is more coherent to analyse the family structure by analysing the characters' personal lives and minds first. There is lack of communication between them, which is why nobody understands the needs and thoughts of the other one. One can assume that there is a lot of love for each other, but because of the self-hate or other problems it is difficult for the family members to develop a balanced relationship. Especially Willy changes his mood rapidly and confuses the people around him, who do not know how to deal with him. The story shows a lot of emotionality and jumps between joy and sorrow. Finally, the result will show that there is more love than hate and that most of the hate is the hate that the characters have for themselves. The distinctive humanity of the characters supports the reader's opportunity of putting himself or herself in the position of these characters. The aim of this paper is to make it easier to understand the characters and their behaviour as well as to analyse the relationships between them. Right from the beginning, the reader is confronted with a see-saw of love and hate between the family members. This paper deals with the familiar circumstances of the Loman family in Arthur Miller's play “Death of a Salesman”. 2.1 Introducing the most important characters
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