Comparison of Willy Loman of a Death of a Salesman and Amanda Wingfield of The Glass Menagerie

The characters Willy Loman of the play Death of Salesman, and Amada Wingfield of The Glass Menagerie share many comparable traits, but at the same time they are different in some ways. Both Willy and Amanda live in fantasy worlds. They both wish they could revel in the past and what used to be. Amanda dreams back to when she was the pampered southern belle and was called on by many gentlemen callers. She remembers …

…himself so that Biff could collect the insurance money. But his sacrifice was selfish, because he was so delusional, he did not think about how his death would affect those he left behind such as his wife, Biff and Happy. He did not think about how his death would change their lives. All in all we can safely say both of these characters lived very similar imaginary lives, outside of the reality of their families.