bring failure Wilhelm s Dependence on Others Wilhelm depends too much on people like Dr Tamkin In Broadway s market Tamkin takes Wilhelm s money and says Money-making is aggression People come to the market to kill Wilhelm believes this and invests He waits nervously in the market room But Tamkin disappears leaving him helpless Wilhelm also depends on his father but Dr Adler says coldly that he cannot always pay for him This dependence makes Wilhelm weak in modern competition Wilhelm s Inner Weakness and Confusion Wilhelm is restless in the New York streets He thinks too much and cries for help He prays Oh God let me out of my trouble He cannot control his emotions Wilhelm cannot escape his suffering He feels guilty lost and confused This inner weakness destroys his chance in competition Wilhelm fails because of wrong choices dependence and inner weakness In New York s market and streets he shows the struggle of a modern man His tragedy in Seize the Day is the tragedy of human failure