material possessions. In the case of Willy Loman‚ of Death of a salesman‚ he strongly believes in this dream‚ but unfortunately he doesn’t factor in hard work‚ but instead thinks he can achieve success in the business world by being “well liked” and “personally attractive”. Willy’s superficial understanding of the American dream leads to insecurities and false hopes for himself and his sons Biff and Happy who also have a warped interpretations. The Death of a
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wanted to be a salesman but killed himself at the age of 63. This was all because he was a fool and his pride seemed to overtake everything else. He was only 17 when he dropped out of school to become a traveling salesman. When he was in Boston he was on his to a conference when he met me‚ his wife‚ Linda. He had always told me that my eyes made me look like an angel. When we got married we were only 20 and we were expecting our first son‚ Biff. Willy really looked up to his son Biff. He had high
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Year 12 An analysis of the character of Biff. Biff Loman is portrayed as the root of Willy’s mental illness and instability. He is also the only member of his family who acknowledges his own failures in life. On the whole‚ Biff Loman stands out as the most intriguing and strong character in “Death of a Salesman. He is not a successful man and never will be‚ he is however able to admit this‚ even in a harsh society as the one of the 1960s America. Biff knows he is a “nothing” and tries to make
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In Death of a Salesman‚a drama by Arthur Miller‚ presents the conflict between to main characters‚ the traveling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ and his son Biff. This discord is founded in the fact that each man is faced with the impractical ideals placed on them by the other. This leads to the subsequent shattering of Willy and Biff’s hopes. Willy chastises his son on numerous occassions. However‚ his scoldings fall deafly on Biff’s ears because he has learned of his father’s affair
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Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ we see the small (but present) friendship of Biff and Bernard. Biff is a football superstar‚ with scholarships lined up and friends galore. Bernard‚ his neighbour and childhood friend‚ is very much a book worm who decides to focus his time on his academics and unfortunately‚ doesn’t have many friends. Bernard had always idolized Biff throughout high school for his undeniable talent and charisma. On many occasions Bernard would offer to help Biff through his weaknesses
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The film Death of a Salesman and the play Fences both contain similar themes and plot. Even though both are very similar‚ there are glaring different in their stories. The film Death of a salesman is about a man name Willy Loman who is struggling in making a living with his current job as a salesman. He has a loving a wife name Linda and two adult sons‚ Biff and Happy. Willy share and unstable relationship both his son (primary Happy) as he believe they are not making the most out of themselves.
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Death of a Salesman In this play-write‚ it shows that Biff is the protagonist. This is because unlike Willy‚ Hap‚ and Linda‚ Biff goes through a great change and is transformed by the action of the play. At the very end of the play‚ at Willy’s funeral‚ Biff announces that he’s leaving New York City. This is because he is ready to move on in his life‚ whereas Hap is holding onto the past‚ like Willy had‚ and decides to stay put. Willy‚ strong in his belief of the "American Dream"‚ never
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Biff is one of the most troubled characters in Death of a Salesman‚ along with his father Willy. Whilst the Play mainly focuses on the tragedy surrounding the decline and death of his father‚ Biff’s story is arguably also a tragedy: going from having everything he could possibly want‚ with many universities interested in Biff‚ people throughout his school looking up to him as a role model‚ and generally his life being good to being sent to jail‚ moving from one low pay job to another‚ and finding
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Another idea of success that Happy and Biff embodied from Willy was materialism‚ the urge to claim as many material things as they can. During Happy and Biffs childhood they observed how Willy got in dues and stole many material things just so he could feel successful. It came to the point in which he had his sons steal for him just so he can feel more empowered over things‚ and since Happy and Biff were growing around that idea they started to embody it. For instance‚ as happy got older he was just like
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He tries to live vicariously through his grown sons‚ Happy and Biff‚ but realizes his life is empty and all of his work he’d done for his company is worthless. He believes that if a man is well liked and attractive then he will inevitably be successful and get all the material comforts offered in America. With
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