"Life is for Living" Comparing the literary works from James Joyce's "The Dead" and "Death of a Salesman"

Comparing the literary works from James Joyce's "The Dead" and "Death of a Salesman", the characters Gabriel and Willy Loman have some similarities and differences. Throughout the story Gabriel's behavior appears to be split and seems to represent different in The Dead. Those different aspects in his behavior and also the way he is presented to the reader, it points at the assumption that he is wearing a kind of mask throughout the course of …

…his wife, and his own life. He now realizes what a small impression he has had on his wife in comparison to the impact of a man who had given so much for her love. So in the end, Gabriel had an epiphany and learns and Willy did not learn and made the decision to end his life because he did not know himself anymore and it was his only way to escape his problems.