Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.

Death of a Salesman
In 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller found in Perrine's Literature Structure, Sound, and Sense by Thomas R. Arp, and Greg Johnson on page 1545, Willy Loman is a man whose fall from the top of the capitalistic totem pole results in a resounding crash, both literally and metaphorically. As a man engulfed in the memories of the past and controlled by his fears of the future, Willy Loman views himself as a victim of bad luck, having little blame for all of his downfalls. However, it was not an ill-fated destiny that drove Willy to make his own life worse as well as t…