The main characters include Willy Loman, his wife Linda Loman, and his sons Biff and Happy Loman. Many of the scenes occur in the Loman house, yard, and various places Willy Loman visits in the New York and Boston area. ... Bernard initiates a conversation with Willy about Biff's math work in an attempt to make him aware Biff's near failure in the class. ... Overall, Willy Loman chose to ignore the truth in an attempt to maintain his pride. ... Willy Loman's main mistake in life was caring to much what other people thought of him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Miller criticizes the American Dream and its value system by presenting the false image of reality that Willy Loman creates in his household. ... Willy Loman, like Berenger, learns to be content with the world around him by creating an illusion for himself with which he can cope. ... Biff, Willy's son who was once an attractive football star who failed math his senior year and gave up on his aspirations, was well liked but did not succeed in society. ... Biff could not live up to his father's dreams and deemed himself a failure. ... Miller writes in a realist fashion about a very dis...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the novel progresses, Miller overwhelms us with the boldfaced lie that is the Loman way of life, largely through Willy's inability to accept that he is a "Dime a dozen-. ... Miller reveals to us how the Loman family as a whole is ignorant to their true situation in the world, living in the clouds, which he shows us through both Willy's mental delusions, and Happy, Linda, and even Biff's efforts to help their father. The author uses these delusions as a front, showing us that the Lomans are unable to accept reality, when subconsciously we can see that Biff is different from ...

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Willy Loman demonstrates such a notion. ... In the end, Willy took his life when he found out that Biff really loved him. ... Willy and Biff had a great relationship when they were younger. ... Once this was discovered, Biff and Willy grew apart. ... When Biff began to cry after a fight with his father, Willy realized that Biff really does love him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Corruption In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman's character is portrayed two different ways. ... Willy had taught Biff and Happy that if you were handsome, and well known the world would come to you. ... Willy thought Bill would recognize Biff and offer him a job on the spot. Hearing this Linda did not challenge Willy, she actually tried to support him even though she knew Biff would not be get the job. ... Toward the end when Biff and Happy come home after leaving Willy at the restaurant, Linda shows how she really feels. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Willy's other son Biff starts out to be like him, but changes his ways in order to avoid being like Willy. ... Willy Loman's main goal in life is for he and his sons to be lucrative businessmen, but this dream is difficult to achieve when Willy does not live life realistically. ... Biff is less like Willy and Happy, but in the beginning of his life Biff also overlooks the truth about his father. In Biff's youth he acts like Willy, following his unrealistic ways, but after Willy deceives Biff, he starts to be himself and see his father for what he is. ... By realizing that Wi...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School