death of a salesman

recently, i wrote an essay on what type of protagonist Willy is. He isn't the typical "hero"; he is arrogant, deceitful, egotistical, delusional, and misogynistic. He has many opportunities for redemption, but refuses them for various reasons, which makes him a difficult character to sympathize with. When his sons try to reconcile with him, he often brushes them off out of his own pride and thinly veiled disappointment in their lives. When his neighbor offers him a job and money when he is laid off, he doesn't willingly take either because he is stuck in the past and vehemently refuses to acknowledge his present. Because of all this, I feel like Willy is actually his own antagonist, which is an interesting thought. People around him actually seem to want to help him, but he is the one who gets in his own way. What a depressing notion.