Boston Hotel - Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Boston Hotel room (Act 2)
In Arthur miller’s death of a salesman, Biff and Willy had a complicated relationship along these years. This all happened and started when Biff caught Willy having an affair with other woman. From that moment, Biff gave up on this future and his dream of getting into the University of Virginia, and his relationship and admiration to his father. The Boston hotel room retreat scene late in Act 2 is significant because it changed Biff’s goals, his relationship in Willy and between family, and revealed Willy’s true characteristics under the surface. Biff burned the shoes that he used to love and adore after the Boston hotel retreat. Relationship between Biff and Willy broke down and became unfixable, which gradually influence the atmosphere in the house, the entire family. In the Boston hotel room, the woman mentioned about the stockings that Willy promised to give her, which were supposed be given to Linda. Biff saw his father as a liar, unfaithful, and phony man. The stockings symbolized the betrayal of Willy to Linda, which reminded him of the woman, and the fact he was caught by Biff in the hotel room.
Willy couldn’t handle to see stocking in Linda’s hands because it reminded him the woman, the fact he was caught cheating by Biff, and betrayal to Linda, and indirectly causing Biff turning into his greatest failure. For example, the conversation Willy and Linda had in Act 1 on page 31 showed how much Willy was disgusted because of the stockings.
Willy: [noticing her mending] What’s that?
Linda: Just mending my stockings. They are so expensive.
Willy: [angrily, taking them away from her] I won’t have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!
The complicated relationship between Willy and Biff along this years since the hotel event was about to end by the time Biff finally understood that he wasn’t a salesman, and he didn’t want to be a salesman. The following quotes from Act 2 on
Boston Hotel room (Act 2)
In Arthur miller’s death of a salesman, Biff and Willy had a complicated relationship along these years. This all happened and started when Biff caught Willy having an affair with other woman. From that moment, Biff gave up on this future and his dream of getting into the University of Virginia, and his relationship and admiration to his father. The Boston hotel room retreat scene late in Act 2 is significant because it changed Biff’s goals, his relationship in Willy and between family, and revealed Willy’s true characteristics under the surface. Biff burned the shoes that he used to love and adore after the Boston hotel retreat. Relationship between Biff and Willy broke down and became unfixable, which gradually influence the atmosphere in the house, the entire family. In the Boston hotel room, the woman mentioned about the stockings that Willy promised to give her, which were supposed be given to Linda. Biff saw his father as a liar, unfaithful, and phony man. The stockings symbolized the betrayal of Willy to Linda, which reminded him of the woman, and the fact he was caught by Biff in the hotel room.
Willy couldn’t handle to see stocking in Linda’s hands because it reminded him the woman, the fact he was caught cheating by Biff, and betrayal to Linda, and indirectly causing Biff turning into his greatest failure. For example, the conversation Willy and Linda had in Act 1 on page 31 showed how much Willy was disgusted because of the stockings.
Willy: [noticing her mending] What’s that?
Linda: Just mending my stockings. They are so expensive.
Willy: [angrily, taking them away from her] I won’t have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!
The complicated relationship between Willy and Biff along this years since the hotel event was about to end by the time Biff finally understood that he wasn’t a salesman, and he didn’t want to be a salesman. The following quotes from Act 2 on