The “Death of a Salesman” is a tragedy play that portrays the last days of the main character Willy Loman. The play revolves around Willy actions and the other character’s reaction towards him. Willy relations with others bring out his emotions and inspiration. The story merges the past and the present demonstrating the lies and denials that the Loman family has. Throughout the play the idea of denial, abandonment, and mental disorder is connected to the characters, setting, and plot.
The major characters that are mentioned in the play are Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy, Ben, Charley, and Bernard. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who dreams of success and wealth. He has never achieved the dream he wants so he desire for his sons to live that …show more content…
When Biff was in high school, he was a charming football star who had scholarships to universities. But Biff failed math and could not graduated because he did not have enough credits. He could have gone to summer school, but did not after he found his dad cheating made him go crazy. He got into the habit of stealing which made it hard for him to keep a job. He is the opposite of Willy he does not want the American dream that Willy wants. Biff wants to work out west and farm, and he does not want to resolve his issue with his father. On the other hand, Willy admires Biff, he showed him more attention than he did Happy. But Willy parenting skill and actions resulted in the blamed of Biff downfall.
Happy Loman is Willy and Linda second son. Happy resembles Willy because they both want to get rich quick and have the American Dream. But Happy fails to reach Will expectations and Willy does not pay much attention to him. Throughout the story Happy mentions he lost weight and he is going to get married, but Willy ignores him. Happy is also involved in the business world, but he is not that successful and he is not satisfied with his work. He is more satisfied with competing for women. Out of Willy sons Happy is the one who tries to reach the dream Willy wanted, which is to have money and a
The major characters that are mentioned in the play are Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy, Ben, Charley, and Bernard. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who dreams of success and wealth. He has never achieved the dream he wants so he desire for his sons to live that …show more content…
When Biff was in high school, he was a charming football star who had scholarships to universities. But Biff failed math and could not graduated because he did not have enough credits. He could have gone to summer school, but did not after he found his dad cheating made him go crazy. He got into the habit of stealing which made it hard for him to keep a job. He is the opposite of Willy he does not want the American dream that Willy wants. Biff wants to work out west and farm, and he does not want to resolve his issue with his father. On the other hand, Willy admires Biff, he showed him more attention than he did Happy. But Willy parenting skill and actions resulted in the blamed of Biff downfall.
Happy Loman is Willy and Linda second son. Happy resembles Willy because they both want to get rich quick and have the American Dream. But Happy fails to reach Will expectations and Willy does not pay much attention to him. Throughout the story Happy mentions he lost weight and he is going to get married, but Willy ignores him. Happy is also involved in the business world, but he is not that successful and he is not satisfied with his work. He is more satisfied with competing for women. Out of Willy sons Happy is the one who tries to reach the dream Willy wanted, which is to have money and a