last‚ ensuring that his family is well cared for and not lacking for any necessities. And‚ most importantly‚ a good father will make his family his number one priority‚ coming before his work‚ his friends‚ or even himself. In Arthur Miller ’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman is a textbook example of a failure as a good father in every way mentioned previously. Not only is Willy Loman not a good father and husband‚ but he furthers his failure by being a classic anti-hero and by failing to achieve the
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He travelled around his country selling his merchandise and making money. As he grew older and older he became very self-righteous and kept this image in his head as if he were well liked and a great salesman. He did this for so long he had even tricked himself into thinking he was a great salesman. Willy does not realize that he has reached the breaking point in his career. Being very stubborn he keep working to achieve his dream. What he doesn’t realize is that by doing this he is endangering himself
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Willy Loman‚ the protagonist in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ is no more the victimizer of his family than he is a victim himself. Miller explores the possibilities of cyclical mental abuse passed on through familial generations‚ resulting in failure and confusion of one’s priorities and goals. Biff‚ Willy’s eldest son‚ was the victim of too much love and attention. Happy‚ the youngest boy was victimized by having received no attention and very little love. Willy’s wife‚ Linda‚ is a
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themselves. Some insist on ignoring the problem as long as possible‚ while some attack the problem to get it out of the way. The book Death of a Salesman‚ is written by Arthur Miller. It takes place at Willy Loman’s - A 63 year old once popular salesman who’s lost his popularity and sales‚ not to mention his mind‚ small house in New York surrounded by apartments. Biff‚ a thirty-four year old son of Willy who has been searching for himself while working on farms in the west to the dismay of his father
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(Parts of real lines/inspiration from the text of "The Death of a Salesman" were/was used to make Biff answers more realistic.) Interviewer: Were you surprised to hear about your father’s suicide attempts? Biff: Yes‚ of course! I had no idea. But I guess it’s like what Mom had said; I never asked about him‚ I didn’t write that often. But I really had no clue that he was that bad-off. Interviewer: What did you mean when you were telling Happy that you never felt like you were getting anywhere
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Biff Loman displays only a small measure of his youthful confidence‚ enthusiasm‚ and affection. More often‚ he appears troubled‚ frustrated‚ and sad. The name ‘Biff’ gives an appearance of a tough man‚ but in the play ‘Death of a Salesman’‚ Biff is a flawed character who is the opposite of the appearance his name gives. Although he is a flawed character‚ he manages to succeed at one thing that Willy was not able to‚ which is acknowledging his failures‚ rather than dreaming of something he is not
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in life. In the book Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Biff‚ Happy and Bernard each grew up in different ways. Although Biff and Happy grew up in the same home‚ their father‚ Willy Loman‚ treated the boys differently‚ and therefore their views on life as adults turned out slightly dissimilar. Willy and Charley’s relationships with their sons contradict each other and therefore affected their son’s future successes in different ways. Willy Loman loved his son‚ Biff‚ more than anything in
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The Glass Menagerie‚ The Death of a Salesman‚ and Oedipus Rex are complex‚ deep stories that any reader can enjoy. The Glass Menagerie is a story about a family of three‚ a mother‚ a son‚ and a daughter who all struggle to cope with how their lives turned out. They sometimes reminisce of a happier life or a way to somehow escape life itself. The Death of a Salesman is about a depressed man named Willy who often has day dreams of what he perceives as a perfect life. Willy is angry with his life and
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Biff from Death of a Salesman and Walter ‚jr‚ from A Raisin in the Sun ‚ both have a common attitude towards dreams and goals in their plans. They both want the end result of success‚ and yet they don’t want to put forth the effort necessary to achieve their goals. Biff’s dream to be a college football player was dependent on him passing math so he could graduate and get the scholarship. Still he failed the class and instead of going to summer school‚ he didn’t do anything about it‚ letting the
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Never willing to accept defeat before her husband does‚ Linda Loman deals with her family on a daily basis. She has a husband‚ Willy who is a salesman searching to achieve the American dream both for himself and his sons‚ whom he quarrels with as much as he loves them. But Willy is getting old‚ and fear of his yet to be accomplished goals seem to speak to Linda. Some critics claim that Linda is "above self-pity" and that "her confidence in him is unshaken". Others complain that she "offers more encouragement
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