" He then describes Willy to the point. " He never knew who he was.".
The metaphoric language used in the play is used mainly to advance its theme of idealism versus reality. The metaphors illustrate the play's portrayal of economic struggle and family instability. Furthermore, they can be classified "what if" metaphors and "what is" metaphors. .
A "what if" metaphor addresses the idealistic lives of the Lomans. Dreams are constantly brought up by Biff who uses them to bring light to the fictitious and "dreamy" lives the family is living. When talking to Willy Biff says, "We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years." and later pleads with him to accept reality. " Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?" Seeds are associated with Willy's desire to create something, especially out of youth (Biff and Happy) and he often comments on planting them. Willy contemplates planting beet seeds in the garden. "Maybe beets would grow out there." This creates an insightful response from Linda. "But you tried so many times." The seeds are representative of Willy's desire to grow his family into something; Linda's remark paints the fact that he has failed. Right before his suicide, which brought the family much needed money, Willy goes out to the backyard and begins to plant a garden. .
A "what is" metaphor is exactly what it is, reality. The stockings represent Willy's unfaithfulness to his wife and the torment that it brings him to know that. Willy snaps sharply at Linda when he sees her mending her stockings. "I won't have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!" The sight of the stockings brings back memories of when Biff caught him cheating on his wife and found out that Willy gave his mistress the expensive stockings he was supposed to give Linda as a gift. The stockings then act as a symbol of Willy as a bad father and husband. The name Loman or "Low-Man" is metaphoric in that it describes and isolates the family at a low level social class.
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