One man's trash is in fact another man's treasure. In Death of a Salesman, a play written by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman's trash; his insecurity and false pride, his many faults and his lack of mental stability all eventually lead to his demise at the end of the play. Even though, Willy, failed to reach the pinnacle of a modern tragic hero, since he did not share any virtuous characteristics, hence, why he died in vain which led to, Biff, Willy's son whom he doubted so much throughout most of the play because he was struggling to figure out his own vocation, figures it out when he confronts Willy right before his death. At the end of the play, Biff finally confronts his own feelings to realize who he really is, takes on the role of a cowboy
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Why can’t I say that, Willy?" (Miller 105),
Which he is explaining that he finally realizes that being an industrial worker is not cut out for him and that he enjoyed the traveling, the wilderness and getting his hands dirty like owning his own little farm. This shows the transfiguration of Biff into somebody like Willy Loman's father who, can be considered as a cowboy figure in the play.
Throughout the play, Biff, seems to share some of the cowboy characteristics from his grandfather. Willy's sons, especially Biff, as they were growing up, saw Willy as their model and were acknowledged and extolled on their slipshod actions. Biff seemed to show a passion for the wilderness and was excited by the idea of living and working on a farm tending to cattle and growing crops, which he explains to Biff in one of the conversations they have,
BIFF: I tell ya, Hap, I don’t know what the future is. I don’t know—what I’m supposed to want.
HAPPY: What do you mean?
BIFF: Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up.
Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it’s a measly manner of existence. To get on that subway on the hot mornings in summer. To devote your
Why can’t I say that, Willy?" (Miller 105),
Which he is explaining that he finally realizes that being an industrial worker is not cut out for him and that he enjoyed the traveling, the wilderness and getting his hands dirty like owning his own little farm. This shows the transfiguration of Biff into somebody like Willy Loman's father who, can be considered as a cowboy figure in the play.
Throughout the play, Biff, seems to share some of the cowboy characteristics from his grandfather. Willy's sons, especially Biff, as they were growing up, saw Willy as their model and were acknowledged and extolled on their slipshod actions. Biff seemed to show a passion for the wilderness and was excited by the idea of living and working on a farm tending to cattle and growing crops, which he explains to Biff in one of the conversations they have,
BIFF: I tell ya, Hap, I don’t know what the future is. I don’t know—what I’m supposed to want.
HAPPY: What do you mean?
BIFF: Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up.
Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it’s a measly manner of existence. To get on that subway on the hot mornings in summer. To devote your