Similarities Between Macbeth And Willy Loman
Mental illness In “Death of a Salesman” & “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by Arthur Miller, the character Willy Loman on the modern america, in the 1940’s as cars and appliances ar be made willy is constantly to maintain the best in family as he slowly starts to lose his mind in the world it’s clear that willy only cares about one thing is that it’s keeping up with the people around him.
In the book Death of a Salesman Willy hallucinates about his brother and about his family in the past when they were doing so good with money. Willy Loman has a hard time between reality and illusion, so does lady macbeth’s husband. They both relate to each other in a couple of ways how the main characters in both stories hallucinate and have an ambition for something. Macbeth’s ambition is to be king and he won’t nobody get in the way of he killed his best friend and his son for the throne. The stories Death …show more content…
As he sees the apparition he almost starts to talk about the kings death and how he was killed he also blurts out banquo’s death. Furthermore in the story Lady Macbeth has a mental breakdown in front of the servant and the doctor. As Macbeth was notified that his wife is going crazy he really didn’t bother to come and help. Later she commits suicide and Macbeth didn’t mourn the death of her, In both of these stories there has been a suicide, Willy and Lady Macbeth these stories both have characters that have mental illness.
Willy has tried to overcome a lot in his life and was pressured in tough situation. Willy had too much pressure piling up on top of him which eventually led to his suicide From losing money to losing his job. This wasn’t his first time trying to commit suicide as his wife said in the beginning see caught what he was doing the first time. His wife was very scared for him as she tried to keep a close eye on him throughout most of the
In the book Death of a Salesman Willy hallucinates about his brother and about his family in the past when they were doing so good with money. Willy Loman has a hard time between reality and illusion, so does lady macbeth’s husband. They both relate to each other in a couple of ways how the main characters in both stories hallucinate and have an ambition for something. Macbeth’s ambition is to be king and he won’t nobody get in the way of he killed his best friend and his son for the throne. The stories Death …show more content…
As he sees the apparition he almost starts to talk about the kings death and how he was killed he also blurts out banquo’s death. Furthermore in the story Lady Macbeth has a mental breakdown in front of the servant and the doctor. As Macbeth was notified that his wife is going crazy he really didn’t bother to come and help. Later she commits suicide and Macbeth didn’t mourn the death of her, In both of these stories there has been a suicide, Willy and Lady Macbeth these stories both have characters that have mental illness.
Willy has tried to overcome a lot in his life and was pressured in tough situation. Willy had too much pressure piling up on top of him which eventually led to his suicide From losing money to losing his job. This wasn’t his first time trying to commit suicide as his wife said in the beginning see caught what he was doing the first time. His wife was very scared for him as she tried to keep a close eye on him throughout most of the