How the affair of Willy Loman turned him into the man he is now.

Throughout the whole play we see Willy Loman experience flashbacks that make him think about his past and it begins to make Willys life spin to of control. and how his actions can affect more than just himself. I decided to choose the scene in the play where Willy Loman begins to have visions of what happened in Boston years ago while he is sitting at around a restaurant table with his boys Happy and Biff accompanied by two women. What happened in Boston made him go a little mad, especially after his son Biff caught him having an affair with a secretary while telling his family he was going away just on a business trip. Ever since that day Willy Loman began to lose his mind. He suffered from experiencing flashbacks and hearing a woman’s laughter which would make him go crazy because deep inside Willy felt guilty about it all. Eventually these reoccurring flashbacks have finally taken too much of a toll on Willy and he absolutely looses it and begins to converse with an imaginary Ben. Even though Willy lost his mind, Linda always stayed by his side as he began to go a little crazy and that should say something about the power of love while facing the power of madness. Willy also eventually takes it to heart after Linda says that their kids idolized him, but the fact that Willy had an affair shows that he not a man worthy of such high admiration. At one point Willy is considered nothing ore than a “failure” because he never gets things done or things wont usually turnout the way you want it to be. Willy is also not respected as a man by others, and that the woman he had an affair with chose Willy because he was funny and not for his astounding qualities, but that didn’t honestly matter too much because Willy uses this as an escape fro his real life and it can provide an alternate world where Willy’s ego will boosts up, but that only solves his issue in the short run, because later in life that won’t be the moment that defines him or he can look back and make him happy nor will it bring him happiness now because it doesn’t mean anything (at least in a positive sense) to Willy. We don’t really point any fingers as the reader, we don’t feel bad for Willy at his funeral, also we don’t label him as a cheater, because we understand the psychological stand point of Willy Loman and that’s what makes us feel a certain way when it pertains to Willy. This psychological feeling makes a clear understanding between Willy and the reader on why Willy chooses the things he does.