Willys False Dream
... ” Willy is a tragic character because he puts all of his hope into a dream of being successful; but his hope was false, and his dream was his end. ... ” Because of Willy’s determination to “add up to something,” he simply could not see that his dream was just a false hope. Willy also had a false hope for Biff. ... However, Biff could not achieve this dream for Willy. ... He realized that there was only one way to make his dream of success become a reality: to commit suicide so that Biff would receive twenty thousand dollars from Willy’s life insurance. Willy was so dedicated to making his dream become a reality that his dream became his end.