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The Role Of Confidence In Death Of A Salesman

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Confidence is a major aspect to one 's life. Confidence gives people hope, it gives people a light to shine in the darkness. Confidence can be positive and negative. The positive aspect of confidence is it provides comfort and helps one face fears that may be hard to face. The negative aspect of confidence is it can be overused, seen in the “Death of a Salesman” through Willy Loman as he thought he was the best and he was making tons of money but in reality he wasn 't the best he was terrible, and he got his kids to believe that he was some sort of superhero when really he was struggling to make money and to support his family. In society all that matters is whether or not one can accept themselves for who they are. Most people seem to

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