... , in this case, cost him his job. A second occurrence that displayed Willy's alienation happened in his own family. Biff doesn't believe whatsoever in his father and has no hope for him at all. Biff even says in act one that his father has no character. Biff is a perfect symbol for society in the play. Biff knows his father has problems, but even as a son, "can't get ... near him." Even though he accepts his father as a fake later in life, Biff tries over and over again to reach his father and to help him, but an unseen barrier prevents Biff from doing so. Happy is the type that knows wh...

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... will receive $20,000 of insurance money. He feels that Biff will feel no more spite towards him, and he can prove that he was well-liked and widely known as a successful salesman at his funeral where he claims people from all over will attend. Willy states, "After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments...you end up worth more dead than alive" (98 ... ). Believing he can be of greater value dead, Willy wants Biff to take the insurance money and make a business with it. He wants Biff to see the sacrifice made for him, and maybe Biff will finally think higher of Willy. Okonk...

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... have connections with others. In the play Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller identifies the relationships of Willy Loman and his family. Miller also focuses on the relationship that Willy Loman has with society. The relationships that Willy has make up an underlying theme that runs throughout the entire play. Willy Loman is a failed salesman in a success-oriented society. His main crime is that he believes ... of greenery, no views of nature that come to represent positive values in the play. The world outside Willy's small and fragile home seems oppressive and menacing, threatening to s...

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... seem to feel that it does. He yells at Biff saying "I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman and you are Biff Loman!" The pride that Willy once felt from being a salesman is tainted by what he feels is societies under appreciation of a salesman's character and personality. Willy believes that in the world of salespeople, your success doesn't depend on what you know, but who you know. His reliance ... on this statement is at the core of his downfall. He ... basically relies on not having to do ... ...

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... age, instead of being retired, he has to travel in a train and live in a hotel to make his living. Furthermore, Singleman does not have the family that is a valued part of Willy's dream. Ever since High School, Biff Loman was instilled with Willy's affirmations that he was born superior. "He never got anywhere because [Willy] blew [him] so full of hot air [he] could never stand ... the pull to the belief that the material items you have to represent your hard work are the important things in life. Willy may have a distorted view on the American dream, but the same materialistic flaw is ...

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... that his dreams turn out to be his downfall. This symbolizes the brain washing that goes on in our capitalistic society to this day. Other types of religion/society places much less stress on making money and a lot more stress on being content with what you have. Although Willy Loman was struggling financially, he never realized what he actually had: a great family who loved him dearly ... part of the solution but more of a part of the problem because she is fueling Willy's psychological problems by agreeing with his delusional dreams. She is also effecting their children Biff and Happy...

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... industry have not always led to advancements in living. For some, society has created mass wealth. For most, mass society has created a standard of living unparalleled throughout history. For Willy Loman, society has created only tremendous grief and hardship, aggravated by the endless promise. For these reasons, his tragedy is due more to society's flaws than to the flaws in his own character ... in a race with the junkyard! I just finished paying for the car and it's on it last legs. The refrigerator consumes belts like a goddam maniac. They time those things."(Act 2, pg. 823) This st...

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... the end of the play, he commits suicide because he cannot change his life. Moreover, Biff fails the whole time and Willy is disappointed with him because he does not try to succeed as his father did. As a result, Willy believes that he is responsible for his son's failure. Willy does not realize that his son does not have the same dreams as he does ... : "He had the wrong dreams, all, all wrong" (138). As a result, Willy is controlled by superstructure; he does not try to free him self and regain his power. In other words, Willy has two choices: Either succeeding or failing. Besides that...

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