Will cuts her off‚ yells at her and does not let her talks or expresses her own opinions‚ and this happens repeatedly that their son‚ Biff has to come in the middle to stops Willy and makes it right for his mom: “Willy: What’re you takin’ over this house? Linda: Willy – Willy‚ turning on her: Don’t take his side all the time‚ goddammit! Biff‚ furiously: Stop yelling at her!” (Page: 65) Willy clearly has no respect for Linda at all. He doesn’t let Linda states her opinions‚ yells at her‚
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case for any of the Lomans and Biff finally realized it. In the book Death of a Salesman‚ Biff Loman says‚ “We never told the truth in this house for ten minutes.” I think that Biff is correct when he says this. Throughout the entire book the Lomans lie emotionally‚ about their careers‚ and they lie just to lie. Willy and Biff Loman do not have a strong relationship all because of a lie. Their relationship was strong until Biff found out about Willy’s affair. After Biff uncovered his father’s lie he
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From the play Death of a Salesman‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Biff states‚ “I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been” (104). That is how I have felt lately with mine and my mother’s relationship. There are many similarities between the relationship of Willy and Biff and my mother and I think the lack of communication and understanding leads to a wedge in the family. The play is about an old salesman who is unable to accept change‚ it is filled with past memories‚ dreams‚ contradiction
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Assignment 3 Biff Loman: Son‚ brother‚ tragic hero. Biff Loman can be considered to be Arthur Miller’s best candidate for a tragic hero in the play Death of a Salesman. He fits the criteria more than his father Willy and his brother Hap. Biff starts off in a rut‚ but by the end of the story he evolves. He not only realizes who he is‚ he becomes at peace with it. Things that make Biff a tragic hero are that he is noble‚ possess a flaw‚ and he experiences a realization of why he is suffering. Biff‚ though
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In Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller portrays the struggles that one family faces as the man of the house experiences dissonance between reality and his dreams. Willy Loman‚ the father of Biff and Happy and husband to Linda‚ lives in his illusions of an easy attainment of success in every aspect of life: as a father‚ a husband‚ a lover‚ a friend‚ and a salesman. He is disappointed in his own failures in providing the way he wants to for his family‚ thus he is critical of his sons and wants them
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Biff is the eldest of Willy’s two sons. He is an attractive man‚ even though he is labeled as a failure in life. When Biff was in high school he was the star football player which won him several scholarships. Unfortunately‚ he wasn’t able to continue his education because he failed his math class. He also started stealing things while he was in hight school and was never reprimanded for it. In fact‚ when he stole the balls from the locker room‚ Willy excuses the behavior by saying that the coach
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Willy Loman is a salesman and Biff is a salesman’s son. A lot of what some salesmen do is pump up the things they are selling with a lot of hot air; today this is called hype. Well‚ for Willy‚ his first-born son‚ Biff‚ is everything in the world. Even back when Biff was a football star in high school‚ Willy wasn’t doing too well any longer as a salesman. This fact made him tired and depressed‚ but at least there was Biff. Biff was someone who Willy could believe in and admire when everything else
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Biff Loman is the thirty year old son of Willy Loman. He is liked by others and‚ due to his father’s teachings as a child‚ has an appealing personality. During his senior year‚ he was set to go to the University of Virginia on a football scholarship‚ but never made up his flunked math course after witnessing his father having an affair. After high school‚ Biff spent many years hopping from one low income job to another; he even spent some time in jail. Although Biff adored his dad as a child‚ he
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a complex human being; and soon afterwards the admirers themselves take on generalized significance. Through the passion with which each constructs the god he needs‚ he bears ironical witness to the many and wayward forms of human mythmaking. Biff Brannon is introduced as a man with a rare gift for disinterested observation and described in such a way as to suggest that he should function as Mrs. McCullers’ raisonneur the one person to make objective sense of the action. As a café owner‚ he
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play comprised of Biff and Willy. After Biff’s discovery of Willy’s affair‚ views and values are shattered. Consequently all prior trust and faith Biff had acquired for Willy over the years was left in the hotel with his father’s mistress. Wanting to protect his mother and younger brother‚ Biff decided not to mention anything about Boston‚ however this results with his mother questioning the drastic changes in her son’s relationship with her husband. Her perspective is that Biff has been neglecting
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