Character Monologues – “Death of a Salesman”
Willy Loman
I am a middle aged man who believes I am something that I’m not. I am a salesman who struggles to make ends meet for my family so I tend to be very stressed. I believe I am a very successful salesman who can provide marvelous things for my family when in reality I cannot. This doesn’t stop me from telling my family how well I’m doing, yet tend to give many excuses when bringing up the reality of the situation. I don’t like to be very active as you can see, which may lead to my lack of confidence in myself. I enjoy people seeing the image of me being a very high class man, yet I tend not to dress in a very mannerly and respectable way. I have had issues in the past that I tend to think about quite often and usually end up rambling on and on and on and on. My wife helps me and is a great woman, yet due to me being stressed, I tend to be very quick and hostile with her.
