The plays plot specifically focuses on the relationships between the protagonist, Willy Loman, a salesman, and his sons, Biff and Happy. ... (Miller, 1150) Willy shuns his son Biff for not being what Willy wishes him to be. ... Biff yells at Willy, "I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from nobody!... (Miller 1195) Biff highlights the walls and barriers that developed from the lack of communication in the Loman household. ... Willy Loman was so consumed with pleasing other people to attain the "American Dream-; he failed to understand th...

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• Grade Level: High School

One of these instances is during a flashback Willy tells Biff Willy. "Be liked and you will never want Take me, for instance 'Willy Loman is here!' ... Appearances are also a big part to Willy Loman. ... In the Loman household the key to success is be well liked and look good. ... From there Biff and Willy fight whenever they are together. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The protagonist of the story is the 60ish Willy Loman being at the rough end of an undistinguished career as a salesman, and the pressures of his life are causing him to lose contact with reality. Living partly in the present (1949) and partly in the past (1928), Willy clings to fantasies of success for both himself and his sons, womanizing underachiever Happy and prodigal runaway Biff and simultaneously veils the family's hopeless financial situation. Since 36 years the small, almost fragile seeming and exhausted traveling salesman Willy Loman has been selling the products of the firm th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Willy Loman, the main character, symbolizes everyone who has ever fallen short of their dreams in our society of capitalism. ... Willy Loman's problems stem from his own delusions, and his quest for material happiness eventually takes his life. ... Although Willy Loman was struggling financially, he never realized what he actually had: a great family who loved him dearly. ... She is also effecting their children Biff and Happy in a negative way because they grow up having the same ideals as their father. On the other hand, Willy's friend Charley and his son Bernard are quite suc...

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• Grade Level: High School