Death Of A Salesman - To what extent can the fate of Willy Loman be linked to the social values, which surround him?

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To what extent can the fate of Willy Loman be linked to the social values, which surround him?

Willy Loman's constant daydreaming in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman", leads to very severe consequences. Willy never really does anything to help the situation; he just escapes into the past, whether intentionally or not, to happier times where problems were scarce. He uses this escape as if it were a narcotic, and as the play progresses, the reader learns that it can be a fatal, because of its addictiveness and it's deadliness, however some people argue that his downfall was associated with the social issues which enclosed him.

Social values can be described are the norms that all people follow, which varies from culture to culture, that is to say that they are the ideas generally accepted by everyone. Many contributing factors define the social values in which Willy Loman lived; a major factor was the "American Dream". Willy Loman was a believer in the American Dream, this dream caused him to think that he could do well in life and "become a success". Willy wants his life to be a success but he feels he is a