he doesnteven realize what he is doing to his sons or others around him. He doesntknow how much he hurt them until it was too late.The madness of Hamlet and Willy Loman finally lead them to theirultimate destiny: the destruction of themselves. By the end of each of theplays, Hamlet and Willy are in fantasy worlds. Here they are not affected byanything that might happen. They simply do not care anymore. Hamlet, inthe final scene, finally realizes Claudius is going to die. Here is when itdoesnt matter if he himself lives. As long as his fathers death is avenged,then all is well. It doesnt even seem that his mothers death affected him. He became so absorbed in avenging his fathers death that nothing elsemattered. His lost many things to his madness. He lost his love Ophelia, hismother, and his life. Hamlet was not the type of person to be mad. Hepretended to be mad and by doing that for so long he lost it. He practicallyconvinced himself that he was mad. Instead of trusting the ghost, Hamletwent about finding the truth about Claudius in a round-about way. And bydoing that he leads himself to a sure death and takes many innocentbystanders with him. Willys death was foreseen early in the play. Obviously the title Death of a Salesman gives it away, one can see byWillys actions that he wont last too long. In the beginning of the play he isalready contemplating suicide. Willy is recalling the most important events in his life-his life is passing before his eyes- as he searches to understand what went wrong. Miller has called the play a "confession." What Willy wanted inlife was to make a lot of money by being well liked. As he relives pastexperiences, one sees that he went after what he wanted with energy andingenuity. But he wanted success so badly that he lost a realistic sense ofhimself. He forgot that he loved making things with his hands, and heignored standards of fair play. Willy is like a boy in his impuls...
