A Sly Title and Even Slicker Definition

The Death of a Salesman. What is it? I admire Miller for creating a title that not only appropriately names his work, but poses a question that provokes a myriad of thoughts. As for my own, I believe that the title has absolutely no correlation to the characters, but to the entity that is known as "the death of a salesman". This is a depressing fate, leaving the victim alone at his death, with little to no mourners to send him on his journey to whatever afterlife he believed in. Willy suffered this fate. But to be honest, the man had already been deceased. His being no longer had to endure the pain of being alone, and therefore his "salesman's death" had no impact on him. What I feel is truly tragic, however, is the few people that did attend his funeral. Mourning over a lost one's corpse is hard, but to have the tears you shed leave you isolated is far worse then meeting your timely demise.
As for drawing a parralel to The Great Gatsby, I will proclaim the idea I see commonly stated on other's entries despite it's vulgarity. Gatsby and Willy had both died the death of a salesman. They lived their lives nomadically, moving from place to place, meeting many people but never getting to really know them, and eventually alienating themselves even from their loved ones whether inteneded or not. They were percieved by many as ghosts of men while they had the gift of life. Consequently they were ghosts in death and not many go to admire spectres, do they?
What I'm curious about is if these men were given a chance, that ideal do-over every human dotes upon, would they repeat their lone wolf tendencies? Would they, even if they knew of what happened by following what they percieve to be correct, do it again? Lastly, do they believe what they achieved in life was worth it? Do they feel they achieved success?
For that matter what is success? Willy Loman, just another victim to the economy, felt that by selling and buying he'd make it "big". He'd be a big shot, well liked by everyone and just raking in money hand over fist while everyone loved him for it. The only problem is there are so many variables in this world that achieving success is difficult enough. Add in that everyone's chemical composition of success constitutes different things and you have one risky experiment. What caused it all to blow up in Willy's face I've concluded is that he wanted to mix in money with likability and money is nothing but a foul poison. It taints all that has to do with it but because he believed he could share a piece of a person's heart as well as their pocketbook, he died alone.
So that is my analysis for the spring break week. It was interesting to know I'll have to think about what I want to write about at the end of the week. It in my opinion adds a new dimension to the class and calls for more in-class attention. Felt I should comment on the new class structure. After all, whats wrong with a little assignment analysis for the week as well as the subject analysis?