Discuss the importance of dreams in the play 'Death of A Salesman'

The play, 'Death of a Salesman', uses Willy Loman's frequent day dreams to give the audience insight into his mind. Viewing the hallucinations allows the audience to see important events in the Loman families past and also provides justification for the actions of the characters in the 'real time' of the play. Willy's fantasies are crucial to the development and structure of the play. This essay will outline the importance of dreams within 'Death of …

…I think he is trying to say that the American Dream is a way of getting the lower members of society to work hard their entire life, striving for a dream that is promised to them but always seems to be just out of their reach. I think that Miller is saying that the dream can eventually take over lives and destroy the grasp of reality that those who has envisaged the dream once had.