Death Of A Saleman, And Rasin In The Sun Essay, Research Paper
Dreams and Dreaming
People use dreams to live through the crass mishaps of life. But, dreams need be attainable within boundaries of one?s ego. In the play, Death Of A Salesman, and Raisin In The Sun, characters extend their egos into ?super egos?; therefore, the dream becomes unattainable. People often use dreams as a basis for their lives.
Dreams between Willy Loman, of the Salesman, and Walter Lee Younger, of The Raisin are very similar. Their dreams prove to be far from an average person. They don?t want to have the American dream of comfort, and middle class life. In, addition, their ego?s grow to super egos. Willy, dreamed of becoming like Dave Singleman. He was rich, famous, and a cunning salesman. Walter was very similar. He dreamed of being like the rich people he chauffeured for. Their dreams, and egos turn into greed. Both men although differ in social class, have their own greed. Willy, illusions himself as another Singleman. He wanted the world to know who he was. But, he went no where in the illusion he lived in. This greed later turned in obsession, which lead to his death. Being, himself wasn?t enough, he had to be more. Walter, turned to greed because of his poverty. His obsession with money made him vulgar, and mean to his family. He started to drink a lot too. He cheated his own mother, when he got the money she gave him. He spent it all on himself, instead of investing some to Beneatha?s education. But, he learned from his mistake when one of his friends skip town with the money. He learned dreams can be accomplished only one step at a time. Mr. Loman never awaking from his illusion world, remained a bitter man until his death. The break down of the two men wasn?t greed alone. Their dreams were to large for them to attain. They didn?t adjust to their dreams. Usually, people act upon their dreams, by working, or changing their lives internally. But, Mr. Loman thought he was larger than life. So, his dreams never became a reality because he never adjusted accordingly. The lack of a satisfaction of past achievements weren?t enough. As a result, nothing motivated him to act on his dream. With Walter, working wasn?t enough for him. His self pity became his worst enemy. He let poverty over come self pride, and worth. Therefore, he went the opposite direction of his dream. But, unlike the men in the two plays. The women were different from each other. Mama Loman was a weak character. She wasn?t strong in issues concerning her children. Willy, often would be in control of problems. When Biff stole a football from the locker room, Mrs. Loman raised some dissatisfaction. But, Mr. Loman made her suc
People often use dreams as a basis for their lives. But, these dreams can become distorted, when greed, super ego?s and obsession takes over. Therefore, dreams fall far out of reality, and into quarrel in the families. It was once said that, the best dream of all is clarity. Because it allows one to see ones destiny without illusion.