willy lomans

 Sales people. Willy Loman was the central character in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman.

 ► “ ‘The dominant image of the American salesperson is still Willy Loman from Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman: the sad-sack peddler pushing items of dubious value on unsuspecting people,’ says Gene Siskel, film critic for the Chicago Tribune.” (Sales & Marketing Management, Oct. 1993, p. 142)