The Deplorable Life of Willy Loman For those of you that don' t know what deplorable means then you need to check out the tragic play "Death of a Salesman", by the American writer, Arthur Miller. The main character of this story is Willy Loman, who is almost the walking definition of this word. The life of Willy Loman is portrayed as a tragic existence for these few reasons; he was a ghastly role model for his sons, a inconsiderate and unfaithful husband, he allowed one incident to affect the rest of his life, and finally, he killed himself, when he still had so much to live for. First of all, Willy was a dire role model for his two sons Biff and Happy. He was a lov