推销员威利·洛曼之死因探析

分析了推销员威利·洛曼自杀的原因,表面上,威利死于年老体衰所造成的精神恍惚,死于被老板解雇、儿子失败所带来的精神打击。实质上,社会因素对威利的死负有不可推卸的责任。为了出人头地而不择手段、残酷竞争的社会规则既造成威利身上的诸多弱点,又扼杀了威利身上所继承的早期美国人的优秀品质。

On the Causes of Willy Loman's Death

The article analyzes the canses of Willy Loman's death.On the surface,Willy killed himself because of his oldness,of the shock from his being fired by his boss and his son's failure in business.While at deep level, social factors play a larger part in his death.Willy was helplessly exposed to an era during which everyone strived to become rich overnight at any cost.The evil social trend implanted in Willy some wrong beliefs that unavoidably led to his failure,and the brutal competition destroyed the merits of early Americans that Willy had inherited.