For this end Arthur Miller's lead character "Willy Loman" is designed to reflect the average man on the street, or the "Common man". Willy Loman has the "perfect" family, fulfilling the "American dream" When he is young; "Ha! ... Show him how to do it Biff" Willy's boys Happy and Biff are cleaning his car, Willy is encouraging them, telling Happy how to clean the car and encouraging his older son Biff to show his brother how. ... Willy does all he can to provide for his family; "When he has to go to charley every week and borrow 50 dollars and pretend that's his pay" Lind...

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In the play, Death of a Salesman, the character Willy Loman portrays the role of a traveling salesman who feels insecure about his persona. ... Willy Loman is more concerned with his son, Biff being successful and what others will think of him means more than anything else. ... 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. ... He, on the other hand, is always seeking Willy's attention, because he was nothing like Biff. ... While Willy Loman doesn't demonstrate the best fatherly figure, it can...

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Even though Miller portrays Willy Loman as the main character of the story, his lack of praise worthy traits make it necessary for another to be the hero. This other character comes in the form of Willy's son, Biff Loman, who may not succeed in regards to Willy's dreams, but still deserves the honor of being called the hero of the play. ... To analyze Biff Loman the most important aspect comes from his change in self-realization that represents his dynamic nature. ... In Biff's youth, he accepts and adores everything that pertains to Willy because that is the nature of a small c...

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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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In the play Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller identifies the relationships of Willy Loman and his family. Miller also focuses on the relationship that Willy Loman has with society. ... Willy Loman is a failed salesman in a success-oriented society. ... The exploration of the theme of failure with Willy's children and within a success-oriented society identified the relationships of Willy Loman. ... Even today Willy Loman remains an important fig...

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In Arthur Millers's play " The Death of a Salesman", The main character Willy Loman is a man who lives his whole life in a make believe world. ... With responding to the first essay question I do agree that Willy Loman is a tragic hero. Willy Loman is the main character/protagonist of the play. ... For instance, Willy says of biff, "The troubles is he's lazy. ... Biff casually mentions to Happy that he stole some basketballs from Oliver, trying to insert reality into the world of the Loman fantasies. ...

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This is obvious based on Willy's age and Biff's age. The play states that Willy, her husband, is 61 years old and Biff, the oldest son, is 34 years old. ... Biff insists that he talk to Willy, but Linda refuses to let him. ... Linda Loman is loving and hateful. ... When she tells Biff that he cannot love her if he does not love Willy, Linda essentially takes the choice of her husband over her children. ...

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In Death of a Salesman Willy Loman suffers from not being able to tell what is real, and what is just happening in his mind. ... Willy believes that when Biff played football in high school, he was the most popular kid in school. When Linda, Willy's wife, enters his flashback on page 33, she tells Biff he has friends in the cellar, and Willy "remembers" that the friends swept out the furnace at Biff's command. ... In the second act, while he talks to Bernard Willy realizes Biff caught him cheating on Linda in Boston and Biff was heartbroken. ... The downfall of Willy Loman was ...

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Willy Loman, the protagonist of this play, is probably the most washed up and distraught of all the characters. ... Biff comes to the realization of his position in life. He knows he is not cut out for the business world, yet Willy will never be able to understand this fact, and Biff will remain a disappointment. Willy's contradictions, which are prevalent throughout the play, are many times related to Biff and his unknown path in life. An example of one of these contradictions is when Willy tells Linda that "The trouble is he's lazy goddammit" (text, page 1010,) and then in less t...

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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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Willy Loman, the father, has totally different relationships with each of his sons, Biff and Happy. It is obvious that Willy favors his first-born son, Biff. ... Willy became disappointed with Biff because Biff didn't make anything of himself. ... Willy sees Biff has an underachiever. ... Willy and Happy's relationship revolves around Biff's relationship with Willy. ...

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Death of a Salesman is about a salesman named Willy Loman who is in his 60's. ... Biff suggests that it might be Willy's eyes. ... This is not true, Biff, Happy, and Linda would love Willy no matter what happens even though he never comes to realize this throughout the entire play. ... Biff and Happy went to go for a loan so that they could start their own business, Willy is going to ask for a raise and a New York job, and he and his sons will have dinner together. ... She is excited about this, until Biff calls her to check to see if she reminded Willy about the dinner. ...

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