One theme that I have noticed is how a man is more dominant. Willy in this book is the person to provide for the family. His life revolves around his work so he can be there for his family and buy them the things they need. This gets contradicted though due to the fact that Willy has a mistress. His wife is in need of stockings but instead of buying his wife the stockings he buys his mistress a new pair. Linda his wife doesn't have the money to provide for herself thats why she depends on her husband. She stays at home and prepares the food for when he gets home.
Another theme would be cheating. In the family cheating is somewhat common. You look at Willy and what he is doing. He is cheating on his wife with his secretary. He provides his mistress with a lot more things then he does his wife. Then you look at his son Happy. Happy plays girls on a daily. He is not into commitment. Its one girl after another when it comes to him. These kind of traits seem to run in the family. Its as if Willy passed it onto his sons.
Finally there is the theme of falling apart. It seems as if not only the house is falling apart, but also Willy himself. Willy seems to be getting old, and not be able to take good care of himself. Also based on how he contradicts himself it makes it seem as if he isn't stable and cannot make up his mind about anything. The house is also falling apart. It needs fixing and no one is doing it. Willy's marriage seems to be going downhill as well. Even though it may seem clear, nothing is being done about it.
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