![]() ![]() After his epiphany in Bill Oliver’s office, Biff determines to break through the lies surrounding the Loman family in order to come to realistic terms with his own life. ![]() Consequently, Willy sees Biff as an underachiever, while Biff sees himself as trapped in Willy’s grandiose fantasies. Biff’s discovery that Willy has a mistress strips him of his faith in Willy and Willy’s ambitions for him. Even the difference between his name and theirs reflects this polarity: whereas Willy and Happy willfully and happily delude themselves, Biff bristles stiffly at self-deception. While his father and brother are unable to accept the miserable reality of their respective lives, Biff acknowledges his failure and eventually manages to confront it. The overwhelming tensions caused by this disparity, as well as those caused by the societal imperatives that drive Willy, form the essential conflict of Death of a Salesman.ģ Unlike Willy and Happy, Biff feels compelled to seek the truth about himself. When Willy’s illusions begin to fail under the pressing realities of his life, his mental health begins to unravel. ![]() Nor do his sons fulfill his hope that they will succeed where he has failed. Willy believes wholeheartedly in the American Dream of easy success and wealth, but he never achieves it. Willy An insecure, self-deluded traveling salesman. Presentation on theme: "DEATH OF A SALESMAN REVIEW."- Presentation transcript:Ģ Willy An insecure, self-deluded traveling salesman ![]()
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