A father-son relationship is a special bond in which they share the same beliefs and love each other unconditionally. In the play, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, Miller portrays a father's relationship with his two sons. Willy Loman, the father, has totally different relationships with each of his sons, Biff and Happy. ... Willy's relationship with Biff is like a typical father-son relationship. ... Willy loved his sons every much. ...

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In both novels the father-son relationship is ruined at the end of the son's high school years. After high school, the father-son relationship becomes more distant. ... Troy ruins the father-son relationship between the two. ... The father-son relationship from Death of a Salesman was ruined during Biff's senior year. ... The father-son relationship was not the only one that suffered; the husband-wife relationship was also ruined. ...

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Willy who did not have a great relationship with his father does not give the necessary foundation and morals for his sons to succeed. ... Due to the aforementioned ideals and morals, Willy's sons, Biff and Happy, are forever more tainted from what they were raised to believe and lead dead-end lives with few opportunities to rise in the world because of what their father taught them. ... (Miller, 1138) He follows the same destructive path that his father, Willy chose. ... - (Miller, 1192) When Happy and Biff are in the restaurant, Happy yells, " No that's not my father. ... At his fa...

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Saying he is going to make it in the city his father couldn't to avenge his father's death by finally "beating the racket" but in reality he sounds just as delusional as his father did. ... He is trapped in this illusion of his father's fantasies of him. ... So he does and also with his father at his funeral. ... He also believed in his son Bernard that knew what he need to do and didn't force him down a path. ... In the midst's of all this, Biff his eldest son is able to discover a new sense of himself and he is able to remove himself from this illusion that...

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Willie feels that he must correct the mistakes that his own father made in his life and try to raise the "ideal family", although this is not specified orally through the text, this notion can be inferred by the way Willie is seen in with his sons, in the flashbacks that he drifts in to, you can see the standard American family , a working class father, a house wife (Linda), The elder, all star athlete son whose tragic flaw is stealing (Biff), and the hard working, ambitious, society serving son, who grew up in the elder famed sons shadow, and is tragically flawed with a love of sex (happy). ...

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Willy has been an indulgent father to Biff and Happy. ... A father should be more worried about his son's academic success than sportsmanship. ... In the end Biff realizes that his father's morals are wrong; he blames his father for his own failures. ... Biff is ashamed of the morals that he and his father share. ... He shows how much a father's life can impact his son's. ...

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It is about a man who is going to drop off his son at an arena where the son is going to get on a bus to attend a lacrosse game. ... The text gives a lot of symbols of that; when he drives his new son to the arena, where the son is going to play lacrosse. ... The stand changes as soon as the father and son get to the arena. As the father sees all the other children, he gets this feeling again. ... He is afraid to lose his son again. ...

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Willy is an exhausted father of two sons, Happy and Biff, and husband to Linda. ... He believes that he and his sons will be more successful than his neighbor Charley and his son, Bernard, because of his theory that the more "well-liked" person will make the most money. ... Willy's sons also contributed to Willy's insanity. Biff, the oldest son, was a popular high school football star. ... Also, Bernard's father Charley was well accomplished. ...

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Willy's son Happy is living his life out the same as his father, but he will not end in suicide. Willy's other son Biff starts out to be like him, but changes his ways in order to avoid being like Willy. ... When Biff was in high school he did everything to please his father, Willy. ... This depicts the tight relationship between the father and son that later is destroyed by Willy. ... After Biff talks to his father, he finds "the woman" in the room having an affair with his father. ...

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Biff Loman is Willy's oldest son. ... But when Biff discovers his fathers infidelity, the dreams which his father engraved in him are lost. Biff is lazy and unsuccessful in his fathers eyes. ... Happy Loman is Willy and Linda's youngest son and Biff's younger brother. ... His insanity of disillusion is passed to his sons Happy and Biff. ...

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At this critical point in Willie's existence, his oldest son Biff has returned home for a visit, and Willie's old desire for his son to be a traditional success in life is rekindled. ... When Willy was deciding to go with his brother to look for his father he met Dave Singleman. ... At the age of sixty Willy had built a family and had two sons. ... Since Willy was never successful as a salesman, "he remains confident that his son Biff will be able to make it big in business because of his good looks and his past glory as a high school football star" what he didn't real...

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He had always had big dreams for his sons, especially Biff. ... All of his aspirations were placed on his son. ... As Biff grew up, he found out about an affair that his father was having with another woman. ... Biff no longer wanted to impress his father and stopped pushing himself to do his best. ... When Biff began to cry after a fight with his father, Willy realized that Biff really does love him. ...

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The family is made up of a father, mother, and two sons. Willy, the father, starts to lose his mind throughout the story because of problems with work and his son, Biff, who is the oldest of the two sons and has yet to settle down and begin a career. Happy is the youngest son and has a job working in the city with his own apartment. ... He plans to become a salesman like his father. ... After discovering what his father was doing he gave up on life. ...

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Willy yearns to be a successful salesman, and a supporting husband and father. He tries to be a role model to his sons, Biff and Happy. ... She longs for the perfect, traditional American family; one in which the sons respect the father and have good relationships with one another. ... He is so upset that his father cheats, and as a result Biff begins his downward plummet that will eventually become the destruction of a father-son relationship. ... He has an unstable, unsuccessful life and a lacking relationship with his father as a result. ...

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What exactly, then, makes a good father? ... He will discipline his son or daughter in love, but never solely out of anger. ... In all respects, Willy has failed to be a good father, or even a father of mediocrity. ... He is not respected, even by his sons, and most frequently is disregarded by those around him. Even at his funeral, the only people who attend are his wife, his two sons, and his neighbor, Charley. ...

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The only thing he wanted more than success for him- self was success for his son, Biff, and he pushed that thought upon Biff. Biff was the oldest son and admired his father and shared his dreams, until one day he discovered his father's infidelity. ... Biff just couldn't get it through Willy's head that his son wasn't meant to be a materialistic man. Biff wanted to convince his father that he would live his dream without his father's version of success. ... Biff knew who he was but didn't want to hurt his father. ...

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Willy, a traveling salesman, is the father of Biff. ... Willy believes his son Biff will "do great things", yet Biff cannot even sustain a job for himself. ... He supposes that people from all around will attend his funeral, which will also show his sons, especially Biff, that he is well respected. ... Biff possesses the same tragic flaw as his father. ... He also finds out about his father's affair in Boston. ...

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Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who grew up inspired by the success of his salesman father, who left his family for Alaska. ... Willy also lives in a world of illusions about his two sons, his brightest hopes in life. ... In truth, Happy is a loser, like his father. Willy is even more nave about Biff, since he is the more attractive son, who is an athlete in high school. That's the reason why Willy placed most of his dreams in this older son. ...

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He builds his entire life around this idea and passes it on to his sons. ... Willy's persistent chase for success not only affects his sense of his own worth but also ruins his sons' lives. ... Willy's effect on his son is shown when Biff asks Happy "You're a success, aren't you? ... Second, the main conflict in "Death of a Salesman" exists between Biff and his father. ... Second, Biff loses faith in his father's dreams although he admires him. ...

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Discovering his father shattered the vision he held of him. ... Happy, the youngest son of the Lomans unfortunately is not able to see himself for what he is. ... On top of all of this, both of his sons despise him. ... He begins making a salary of $170 per week, he buys a nice home in the suburbs, and has two sons. ... Loyal to her husband, loving to her sons, that is the extent of her significance to the play. ...

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The most important problem Willie has is his bad relationship with his son Biff. ... On the inside Biff his angry at his father for jumping down his throat. He did not get that form his father when he was young. Now that he is older he resents why his father is all of a sudden jumping on him. ... Willies lying, lack of reality and bad relationship with his son all lead to his demise. ...

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For example, he advises his son, Biff to be serious when going to talk to Bill Oliver, not to use boy's words like 'Gee', be modest or look worried. ... (Siebold 119) With nothing concrete in his life to hold on to, Willy has little choice but to cast all his hopes on his sons. ... (Siebold 100) His own social failure was to be compensated by his sons' success and popularity. ... Biff shouts at his father at this unexpected event. ... This way, Willy had failed not only as a salesman but as a father as well. ...

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Ben's account of his and Willy's father was one of an enterprising man. ... Willy is caught by his son, Biff with another woman. ... This success followed him through his life When Biff was on the pinnacle of his success, he made the discovery of his father's infidelity. ... By doing so, he will leave a twenty thousand dollar death benefit to his son ..... When Willy is finally confronted by his son and sees him cry, he is convinced the best thing to do is follow through with his successful demise. ...

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In my opinion, Willy Loman's flaws stick out like a sore thumb throughout the whole play which is displayed by the way he thinks and what he teaches his sons. ... Later, Willy actually sends his sons out to steal lumber, in order to impress Ben. ... Like Willy, Happy also lies to himself about his work and about his appearance; he constantly tells his father that he is successfully losing weight, improving his attractiveness. ... In Act 1 I noticed the relationship between the son and the father. ... Happy constantly stands in the shadow of his elder brother, unnoticed and craving the...

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The topic that constantly arises is how poorly Willy shows a good example for his two sons. ... His two sons, Biff and Happy, are two failures. ... Willy always seems to lie to his sons to make himself seem better than he is and feels that he has to compete with others. ... Willy's desire for his sons to achieve what he never achieved makes him appear to be pressuring his sons. While Willy Loman doesn't demonstrate the best fatherly figure, it can't be said that he wasn't a good father. ...

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