Death Of A Salesman Argument Analysis

In Arthur miller’s, Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, the protagonist of the play, is used as an example to show that once you lie, everything goes downhill. Willy is a salesman, that travels to far cities away from his house to make people interested in his supplies. In the opening scene, he tells Linda, his wife, that he is exhausted from driving far away from home. Willy, then continuously talks about how he is a vital asset to the company, yet they have him doing the same thing for the past thirty plus years. Once his son Biff is introduced Willy can not stop ranting about how much of a waste of talent he is. Willy and Biff have plenty of quarrels throughout the play, hence the hateful relationship they have. While Willy is away on a business
He gets involved in a verbal argument with Biff, while at their home. The argument was moments after Biff caught him cheating. Biff was in tears yelling at Willy, “ You -- you gave her Mama’s stockings!” ( Miller 95 ). Biff could not believe he would ever cheat, so he deliberately dogged Willy about the unforgivable deed. On a separate occasion Willy had another verbal altercation with Biff. This time the argument took place close to the end of the play, which was about how the Loman’s are not meant to be leaders. Biff cries, “ Pop! I am a dime a dozen, and so are you!”, simultaneously Willy is overwhelmed with shock and disappointment. Willy was in denial, until he comprehended that his son was right. Willy had been having issues once he confronted his boss at work. He asked his boss if he could work in town, but his boss mentioned that he has been wanting to talk to him about work. His boss eventually fired him, which added a surplus amount of conflict. Willy was stressing about how he would bring food to the table, while dealing with the fact that Biff caught him in an affair. Willy had a quarrel with himself, which was about how he hated himself for being the terrible person he is. Willy ultimately had more conflicts with himself, then with his
Willy had done bad things throughout the story, but you never expect the main character to give up when the going gets tough. However, he put himself in the predicament of hating himself enough to kill himself, because he had been repeatedly been causing stress for himself. The climax is when the family told Willy that they know he has trying to kill himself,and when Biff finally declared his love for his father. Biff reveals they know about Willy trying to commit suicide, when they are having another spontaneous quarrel. Biff puts the hose on the table, and the house gets silent. Willy then denies that he ever seen it,or even knows what it is. Biff pleads, “ You know goddam[sic] well what that is ”(Miller 104 ). Linda begs Biff to cease the unbearable questioning, because she thinks the embarrassment of the revealing will drive him to actually kill himself. Biff however relentlessly continues to rant on Willy on how he is looking for sympathy and pity from the