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Death Of A Salesman Act 2 Analysis

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There is an optimistic, hopeful mood at the beginning of Act II because Biff and Willy are both looking forward to a new lease on life. Willy is hopeful because he is going to Howard to ask to get a job closer to home in the New York territory instead of the New England territory. Willy is so sure that Howard will take him off the road and give him New York job that he is already talking to Linda about the future. Willy is saying “You wait, kid, before it’s all over we’re gunna get a little place out in the country, and I’ll raise some vegetables, a couple chickens…” Biff is also very hopeful because he is going to go to Bill Oliver, his old boss, and ask him for a loan or an investment in him that he would use to start a sporting goods line

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