Willy Loman Dishonest

Willy Loman’s moral compass often does not point true North in his life and the series of dishonest statements over many years eventually lead to his demise and detriment of his family. When his boys were young, Willy makes many promises of great riches and achievements for them, something he lives for, but never really has. While Willy continually puts Biff on a pedestal, setting him up for failure, he barely pays attention to his younger son, Happy, who simply desires respect and affirmation from his father. Further, Willy is frequently dishonest, in particular to his wife, Linda, about his income, his actual stature, and his faithfulness. It finally culminates when he is caught cheating on his wife by Biff, and goes so far to get his son to keep quiet about his indiscretion. Although Biff never tells his mom what happened, Willy’s actions, cause Biff to leave home for long periods of time and to never finish his education.
To start he leaves his mother and brother to deal with his father who is literally going crazy. Similarly, he never tells his mother or brother about his father’s affair nor does he confront him. Even though Biff loves his family, he and Happy treat women poorly and manage to abandon their father at a restaurant for two attractive women. Certainly, having a father who greatly influenced his life choices, left Biff with a great disadvantage to becoming successful. Finally near the end, Biff recognizes how bad the web of lies has become when his father becomes disillusioned and has difficultly telling reality from memory or fantasy. After all of this, the most unethical decision comes from Willy, when he decides his family would be better off without him as they would get insurance money if his life was no