death of a salesman essay
...th his son, Biff being successful and what others will think of him means more than anything else. His ways of always remembering the past is a sense of regressing subconconciously because he wishes he could go and do things differently. While he might think that he’s just “remembering” something, Willy is always having conversations with either himself or others, believing he’s talking to his brother or people from his past. Loman’s personality affects his family life because they might feel that they can’t do better in life being that they’ve had the example of failure in their family. Although, Willy is never an actual bum on the street, he isn’t exactly what you would call a professional or someone who is considered “VIP”. He isn’t your average manager or Vice President of a Company, he is your average traveling salesman. Since Willy never got to live the life he wanted, it causes him to affect the way his family life is. In the play, Loman is portrayed as a man who is always excused by his wife because she tries to make him feel better about himself while he would puts her down. His two sons, Biff and Happy, are two failures. Biff Loman was Willy’s pride and joy, mainly because he was what Willy wanted him to be, up until he flunked out of school. Biff was the All-American athlete who was admired by almost everyone in his high school. Biff realizes where he went wrong, and would never deny what he did. Happy, his brother, is known as a foil to Biff. He, ...