Willy Loman: Vampire Hunter, or The Delusional Gravitas of the Everyman Antihero

This lecture was given at The Dionysium, Alamo Village. Austin, TX June 4th, 7:00pm "...we both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believers nimble." -Emily Dickinson Willy Loman is the nimble protagonist of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. He is an aging suburban Brooklyn salesman whose less than spectacular career is on the decline and he needs to believe that he is a hero, a respected man, a beloved man, and a man that embodies the American dream. When we meet Lo...