The play "Death of a Salesman" is based entirely upon dreams - Dreams of success.
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He had the wrong dreams. All, all, wrong. At the end of the play, Biff says to the family at Willy's funeral "He had the wrong dreams. All, all, wrong" and this shows that Biff believed Willy's expectations of him were too great. The play "Death of a Salesman" is based entirely upon dreams. Dreams of success. They gave Willy Loman a sense of ambition and at the same time a challenge. He was desperate to make something of himself and also his family. He wanted everyone to see them as 'the perfect family.' However, Willy's dreams were shattered at an early stage because he wanted everything too soon, without having to work hard to reach his goals. Willy had a loving relationship with his two sons, Biff and Happy, when they were young. We know this because Willy had a great deal of flashbacks about the times when they...


