Willy Loman

In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Biff has a significant role in Willy’s life and affects most of his life. For example, Biff blames Willy for his failure and tells him to hang himself in a conversation between the two. Biff invites Willy to go to dinner with him and Happy towards the end of the play but decides to ditch him because of his sudden flashbacks in the bathroom. This was the turning point for Willy so he planted seeds to hopefully pass off to Biff and killed himself to share the life insurance and show that he did have a lot of connections and many people came to his funeral, although only his closest friends and family

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman centers around the tragedy of the Loman family, after the return of their son, Biff, causing contention between him and his father, Willy. Biff’s return starts bring up issues from the family's past, being his failure to graduate high school. Biff worsens Willy’s depression, stemming from his age creating difficulties to keep up in his career as a salesman. Throughout the play, the other members of the Loman family and their friends get involved, in an attempt to unite the family by helping Biff get on better terms with Willy and following in his footsteps. Throughout the play, the members of the Loman family have to deal with the idea of entrapment, with Linda, Biff, and Willy all dealing with it, in the

We are first introduced to Willy Loman at age 60 as he returns home early from a sales trip. This is also where we get the initial glimpse of Willy’s dementia as he tells Linda, his wife, what happened during his trip. Willy’s two sons, Biff and Happy, are also present in another part of the house trying to ignore what is happening downstairs. The first backwards slide into memory that takes place not only reinforces that Willy is dealing with dementia, but also highlights the weak moral character he possesses. As the play continues, both the dementia and weak moral character are highlighted in Willy’s own experiences and memories along with being reflected in both sons in separate ways.

One thing that continues to come up in "A Death of a Salesman" is the fact that Willy has this huge desire to be "well liked." This is more important to him than being accomplished or having a good job. He constantly tells Linda and his kids that it is more important to be "well liked" than to be successful at work or in school. He lies to his kids about the fact that he is "well liked" which eventually leads to his two kids growing up as failures. Seeing how his lies have hurt, not only himself, but his children too, Willy decides to do what in his mind, is the only thing he can do to save help his family. He decides to kill himself and then maybe he will have a lot of people show up to his funeral which would mean that he is well liked. Of course no one shows up to the funeral but Willy 's

Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman follows protagonist Willy Loman in his search to better his and his family’s lives. Throughout Willy Loman’s career, his mind starts to wear down, causing predicaments between his wife, two sons and close friends. Willy’s descent into insanity is slowly but surely is taking its toll on him, his job and his family. They cannot understand why the man they have trusted for support all these years is suddenly losing his mind. Along with his slope into insanity, Willy’s actions become more aggressive and odd as the play goes on. Despite Willy and Biff’s “family feud”, his two sons Happy and Biff truly worry about their father’s transformation, Happy saying: “He just wants you to make good, that’s all. I

Death of a Salesman was first written in 1949. It tells the story of Willy Loman’s life in a 24-hour period. Willy grew up without a father. His “role model” was his older brother Ben who went to Africa when he was young and became very well off. Willy was married to Linda Loman and

     The single most weighted factor that edges Willie to his demise is his inability to make a living and achieve his “American Dream”. After being a salesman for many years, Willy just can’t cope with the fact that he hasn’t been successful at all. He believes that he is a terrific salesman. His imaginative thinking won’t let him accept the fact that he has become a failure instead of a wealthy businessman. Willy believes that to be well liked is the means to being

Throughout the play Death of a Salesman the reader finds out that not only has Biff stolen a football from the school but he has also stolen things from an employer. Bliff’s sticky fingers could have been stopped if only his father had scolded him the first time instead of praising him. As the oldest son Willy had put a lot of pressure on Biff. In the play Biff struggles with what his wants and dreams are and what his fathers wants and dreams are. Biff ultimately strays from being a salesman and being in the business world.

Since Biff was an athlete, he probably desires to work physically in set of a desk job. Willy has a desire to be known and to be a successful salesman, in act two Willy and Howard were talking and Willy said “I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. ’Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people? Do you know? when he died—and by the way he died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, going into Boston —when he died, hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral” (Death of a salesman, 129).

No matter who you are or where you live, every person in this world will have the unfortunate opportunity to watch a loved one die. Whether is slow and peaceful or suddenly, having someone close to you pass away is the inevitable that we are unable to avoid. In the play, Death of a Salesman, the main character, Willy Loman, is starting to lose control of his mind. Because of this, conflicts start to arise in his family, work, and in his everyday life. To everyone else, the Loman family is a typical quaint family with a mother, father and two boys who are both smart and athletic.

Death of a Salesman is about a man along with his family trying to achieve the American dream. Their lives were a tough one from the start and their struggles to become successful. They run into so many problems trying to be successful and end up with a unfortunate death because of the need to succeed. Willy Loman had no clue what he was causing to his wife because of the wild and crazy goals he set for himself. Linda Loman lived a very sad life trying to be there for Willy and to support him. The toughest would have been on his kids because they didn’t have much of a future after what he wanted to accomplish.

Biff Loman is portrayed as the root of Willy’s mental illness and instability. He is also the only member of his family who acknowledges his own failures in life. On the whole, Biff Loman stands out as the most intriguing and strong character in “Death of a Salesman. He is not a successful man and never will be, he is however able to admit this, even in a harsh society as the one of the 1960s America. Biff knows he is a “nothing” and tries to make his father see that he is “no good. I am a dime a dozen, Pop, and so are you.” He begs for Willy to communicate with him and accept him for who he is. Although Willy is forced by Biff to see some of his own failures, he never

Willy's attitude is a dangerous thing to himself and his family because his constant bragging gives his family and himself a false sense of who he is. Willy thinks that if you have money then you will be well-liked. To Willy, being well-liked is everything. In his way of thought people without money are not well-liked and if you are not well-liked then you are

After thoroughly enjoying the first third of Death of a Salesman, I quickly proceeded to continue reading the story, excited to see where the plot and character development would go. Luckily, Death of a Salesman did not fall short of my high expectations for its second third. The event that starts the second third of Death of a Salesman is the conversation between Linda and her two sons regarding Willy’s mental health. Linda and Biff argue over Biff’s treatment of his father, and Biff claims Willy has always been fake. Growing emotional, Linda reveals that Wily has tried to kill himself and may try again. This introduces another conflict of the story, tension revolving around Willy’s suicide attempt. Upon hearing this, Happy grows very angry at his brother, connecting Biff’s business failure to Willy’s mental issues. Willy enters, disoriented, and joins Happy in his anger towards Biff. However, Happy suddenly proposes a business plan in which he and Biff start a business selling sporting goods. This causes a sudden mood change in Willy, as he immediately grows happy and offers his two sons business tips and a connection to get their business started. On this lighter note, act one ends.

The play "Death of a Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman, a sixty-