In Death of a Salesman and in The Glass Menagerie both protagonists play a deep role with facing a tragic fate. Both plays show the struggle of the American dream and how it’s not what they make it to seem. It shows that the average man strives to achieve his rightful place in society but, remains unrecognized which eventually leads to his downfall.
First of all, Willy’s tragic fault is his inability to be content by the reality of his life. He insists living in this fantasy world which he cannot move forward from, which eventually leads to his downfall. For example, “After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive” (Act II). Also, “I walked into the jungle at seventeen, and when I walked out I was twenty-one, and by god I was rich” (Act I). This quote represents the fantasy that Willy strives to achieve for himself and his sons. He believes everyone is entitled to success, instead of working hard for it. …show more content…
He is very unhappy with his job and doesn’t know how to handle it, “I am disappointed but I am not discouraged” (Scene 7). So, he escapes his life at the apartments to get away from his mother and sister to go watch movies every afternoon. Throughout the play the author reveals the truth about Tom’s unhappiness. He craves adventure, excitement, new experiences, and at the warehouse where he works there isn’t much. Tom tries to take actions into his own hands and sets up a dinner with a gentlemen caller for his sister. Although, things don’t go accordingly to plan and the dinner turns into a disaster, Tom ends up a tragic hero and feeling