Willie is the protagonist in the play, he is the main character who is dealing with the issues of his family and his work that has stopped paying him and has him working on commission only. However, Biff also seems to be the protagonist, he has moved back home in hope of finding a job in the city and finally settling down to become what his father always wanted him to be. He plans to be

In Death of a Salesman we encounter a family that has many problems and is led by a father who wants life to be perfect for him and his family, but Willy does not realize that no one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these personal conflicts can differ as much as the people themselves. Some insist on ignoring the problems as long as possible, while some attack the problems to get it out of the way. Willy Loman's technique of living out the American Dream in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, leads to very severe consequences. Willy never really does anything to help the situation, he just escapes into the past, whether intentionally or not, to happier times when he did not have the problems of money and Biff not being anything in life.

come a salesman like his father. Throughout the play Biff reliezes that he is not made to be a salesman and that he should work using his hands on the farm. Money seems to be the antagonist because it is always the opposition of Willie and Biff. Willie used to make money when he was younger and had it together, now he relizes that he has no money, he is not making any money, and that he is worth more dead than alive. Biff was always supposed to be great at whatever he did because he was a great football player in high school. Now that he is older he can not seem to find a job that he fits into. It has been over ten years now and he still has not made any money, and the dream of his father’s about Biff making money is starting to drive him crazy. So money is what the real problem with the family is, and it is starting to cause other problems.

Willy believes that to make it in the business world you have to be well liked, and he thinks that one day he will start his own business and it will be huge because he is well liked in the world, “Tell you a secret, boys. Don’t breathe it to a soul. Someday I’ll have my own business, and I’ll never have to leave my home any more.” “ Bigger than Uncle Charley! Because Charley is not-liked. He’s liked, but he’s not – well liked.”

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