The Disillusioned View of Reality In the drama Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller focuses on dreams versus reality as his main theme of the play. ... Willy's inability to escape from a fantasy existence and accept his average existence lead to his death. ... Without Willy knowing that he does not live an ideal life this will inevitable lead to his death. ... Willy justifies his death by believing that his funeral will be full of friends who like him and when someone is well-liked it means they were successful. ... There is a moral in Death of a Salesman, it is that if a person does n...

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