Embedded into almost any story written, there is a villain and there is a hero. Death of a Salesman did not clearly decipher the two in which person was the hero or the villain, but using the context clues and the highlighted points made in the book, the reader can decide who the villain and who the hero is for themselves. I believe that after reading this story that the true villain meant to be put in place is Willy Loman. In this story, I believe it made the most sense if Willy was placed as the villain due to the nature of the story and how he was placed in within society of the novel.
Within the novelistic society, I believe that Willy Loman was a popular man in his adult age but as he grew older he's lost that popularity due to his reminiscent character. Gradually as Willy grew older, he would think more about how the way things used to be and not how they could change. When Biff would visit and write letters he always thought about how Biff was a great kid back when he was in his teenage years. Society within the book saw Willy as lost and a confused man after his…show more content… Although the two were not clearly stated, the context clues and the layout of the story did help the reader to decipher who they thought was the hero and villain. I believe that Willy Loman was the villain in this story because he was a spiteful liar which caused the others around him to suffer in pain like he was. Towards the end of the story though, I started to see a change in Willy, as though he was finally seeing through his flaws. When he died in the end he knew it wouldn't be in vain and it caused him to change into having a sort of hero archetype. All the money from his life insurance policy was given to Biff, Happy, and Linda when he died which helped Happy start the Loman brothers Sporting Goods Company. So in the sense of things, I believe that Willy Loman truly had a villain archetype, but he tried to change that and in a way, he
