Biff

The night is dark and gloomy. Following Willy’s funeral, Biff can be seen sitting on a train heading back to the Loman family’s house. Bernard, returning from the Supreme court, sees Biff staring out the window and decides to approach his old friend, striking up a conversation. BERNARD [wildly enthused]: Hey Biff! Good to see finally see you again. BIFF [surprised yet sad]: Hi Bernard. What are you doing here? I have not seen you since we graduated high school. BERNARD: Oh, I was just attending

The first being the two World Wars, the second of which had just ended five years before the play. Even though neither wars were mentioned in the play we know from history that both Biff and Happy would have been able to go to the Second War. We also know that the Great Depression had just ended about five years before. Since these events had a deep impact of the people and society of the late 1940’s early 1950’s it is difficult to

it’s inconsistent factors and betrayal that personify it so well. Biff Loman is oldest of the Loman brothers and had always been told he was better than everyone else. Biff believed this and acts as if he were an Adonis for the entirety of his childhood. Biff has fed into all of the compliments that his father gave him as a child, and now at the age of 34 is realizing that everything that his life has been one big lie, “BIFF: He walked away. I saw him for one minute. I got so mad I could’ve torn

Callie, my best friend said she was going to visit her father. She walks up to the door and is about the ring the doorbell when she notices that the door is cracked open. Why is it open? she asks herself. She pushes open the door slowly.     “Dad?” she called. She starts to head up the stairs when she hears her dad.     “Callie?” Carter yells back. “I didn’t know you were coming. What a surprise.”     “So good to see you. Why was the door cracked open?” Callie asked.     “I don’t know,” Carter

Miller's Death of a Salesman. As brothers, Biff and Happy continually influenced one another’s development, whether through encouragement or clashes. They attempted to support and help one another to the best of their abilities. However, their different perspectives and opinions also provoked conflict when offered. For most of the play, Biff and Happy encouraged each other’s endeavors. One example occurred in Act One during their conversation upstairs, in which Biff asked Happy, "Listen, why don’t you come

The characters Tom and Biff, in the plays, Death of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie, are alike in many ways. They share similar life struggles and personality traits that dictate who they are and who they become. Their experiences reflect two men struggling to make sense of life and their battle to escape the clutches of the mundane. Both have complicated relationships with their overbearing and ineffective parents, they are quick to anger, are uninspired by their low paying jobs and feel a sense

Willy's life took its turn when he was caught cheating on his wife with another woman by his son Biff. Thsi event destroyed their father-son relationship, which was going pretty well up to that point It came at an inopportune time for Willy too, because he'd rested many of his hopes and dreams on his son. Biff was headed to the University of Virginia before he'd flunked math and gone to talk to his father about it in Boston. He'd gone to discuss summer school and having Mr. Loman talk to his math

flies into a rage with Biff and they have a huge fight. As this excerpt also shows, he is particularly touchy on the subject of Biff. This is because Willy pins all his hopes on Biff, and tries to live vicariously through him. Willy is extremely disappointed that Biff has not been able to make a great career for himself, just like Willy himself. Willy selfishly wants Biff to be able to live out Willy’s own delusional idea of the American Dream, to ease his own insecurities. Biff and Willy's unsettled

Salesman," Bernard illuminates the differences between him and Biff. Bernard is a minor character, who serves as a foil to Biff, the major character. Bernard is a young, caring, self-conscious boy, who is focused on his goals and reserved from the drama of social life. Bernard is a distracted young man, who believes his charisma and popularity will carry him on to success in his adult life. Though their interactions are subtle, Bernard and Biff provide textual evidence of their opposite behavior. Through

Biff seems to love and really believe in the adulation that his father is shooting his way. With this mutual relationship in place, Biff's trip to Boston becomes that much more tragic in the end for both father and son. The whole reason for Biff making the trip is that he needed the help of his hero, his biggest supporter, Willy. Biff flunks math and goes to Boston where his father is currently working, to get him to convince the teacher to change his grade. There at the hotel, Biff finds his father