A Dream Broken in the Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman tells the story of a man facing failure in the success-driven American society and shows the tragic path, which ultimately leads to Willy Loman's suicide. The death of a salesman is a search for identity, [Willy's] attempt to be a man in the frontier tradition in which he grew up and his failure to achieve that identity. because in [1942] and in [Brooklyn] that identity cannot be achieved. (Gross 321) Willy is a symbolic icon of the failed American; represents those who have striven for success in society, but, in struggling to succeed, have instead achieved failure in the most bitter form. Perhaps what is wrong with this society is not that it has implanted the wrong values ​​in [Willy], values ​​that ultimately do not lead to success anyway, but that he has lost touch with values ​​that should never be relegated only to the personal or to the family unit. (Lawrence 57) In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman, the protagonist, pursues a false perception of the American dream. Arthur Miller defines Willy Loman as a traveling salesman in his sixties, a successful dreamer and a troubled man. Willy is not a successful man, but he clings to his dreams and ideals. ?[Arthur Miller] didn't even realize how few would be impressed by the fact that [Willy] is actually a very courageous spirit who cannot settle for the middle but must pursue his dream of himself to the end? (Hayman 55-56). Willy remembers the neighborhood years ago. His past recurs throughout the play in vivid scenes. Each time he returns from an episode in the past, Willy discovers new information that sheds light on his troubled past. Willy will bring......half a sheet......of a Salesman. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1988. 25-38.Roudané, Matthew C. “The Death of a Salesman and the Poetics of Arthur Miller.” The Cambridge Companion by Arthur Miller. Ed. Christopher Bigsby. New York: Cambridge UP, 1997. 60-85. Sister, M. Bettina. "Willy Loman's Brother Ben: Tragic Insight into the Death of a Salesman." Modern drama. February 1962: 409-412. Spillane, Margaret. ?Life of a salesman.? Nation March 8, 1999: 7.Steinberg, M.W. ?Arthur Miller and the Idea of ​​Modern Tragedy.? Twentieth Century Views Arthur Miller. Ed. Robert W. Corrigan. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969, 81-84. Weales, Gerald. "Arthur Miller's Changing Image of Man." Twentieth Century Views Arthur Miller. Ed. Robert W. Corrigan. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969. 131-142.?Why Willy Loman Lives.? The Economist 19 June 1999: 19-21.