Willy Lowman was a man of the middle class, who appeared to be the victim of society, which played against him. This is how he is described by the person who knew him the best, and probably knew his real nature: "Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived". Being a victim, he was constantly suppressing himself and his family in false pride and lies. Willy never noticed his personal ignorance, he was insecure and self-deluded person. He believed with all his heart and soul in the idea of the American Dream, in the fact that he could easily gain a lot of money and achieve success, although he never achieved it. He was distinguishing between his dreams and the reality that was around, and when the reality started pushing on him, it hurt severely his mental health.
             The main conflict of the play is centered on the tremendous tensions of the Willy's disparity and his social obligations. Willy, to some extent is also the tragic hero, as he didn't achieve self-knowledge and self-realization, even though he achieved the professional understanding of himself and comprehended the sales profession fundamentals. The problem is that he didn't realize his failure as the person and how he betrayed his own soul and family trying to achieve illusive heights. He was not able to understand himself and he was not listening to the voice of his heart. He appeared to fail the opportunity to perceive the real spiritual, personal and emotional understanding of his personality. He was blinded by his artificially created dream and his mind was too blurred to recognize that. The peak of his "blindness" is his inability to understand that his family loved him very much, and it is the real tragedy of life.
             Even though Willy failed in fulfilling of the American Dream, he made the extreme sacrifice in deciding to leave his inheritance to provide the...