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No one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must

face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these

personal conflicts can differ as much as the people themselves. Some

insist on ignoring the problem as long as possible, while some attack

the problem to get it out of the way. Willy Lowman's technique 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 were 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 dangerous drug, because of it's addictiveness and it's

deadliness.



The first time Willy is seen lapsing off into the past is when he

encounters Biff after arriving home. The conversation between Willy

and Linda reflects Willy's disappointment in Biff and what he has

become, which......

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