Contradictions In Death Of A Salesman By Willy Loman

Everybody in the Loman family experiences denial. Willy denies that the way Biff turned out was his fault. Yet when he has a flashback it is shown that Biff did not graduate high school or go on to college because Willy was with another woman, ruining Biff’s ambition to eventually become his father. Contradictions are seen throughout the play also. From the beginning Willy contradicts himself while talking to Linda. He states that Biff is “lazy bum,” but later on he says, “he is a hard worker. There is one thing about Biff- he isn't lazy.” Willy cannot accept reality. Which is why he flashes back to times where he was successful and had a good relationship with his family. Abandonment is a huge theme in this play. Willy was abandoned at a young