Q1: How did Willie, Biff, Hap, and Linda define success? Answer: Willie, Biff, Hap and Linda however that achievement would only descend on .them imagined that on accomplishment in setting to the American dream they believed that being dedicated concentrate hard had nothing to do with what got in life. Willy accepts wholeheartedly in what he considers the guarantee of the American Dream—that an "well liked” and "personally attractive " man in business will indubitably and deservedly get the material solaces offered by present day American life. Q2: Why does Biff repeatedly steal things? Answer; Biff steals things on the grounds that it is his uninvolved forceful method for giving just desserts to individuals he feels have unjustifiably improved …show more content…
To comprehend his novel all the more altogether, Arthur Miller uses the most justifiable strategy for understanding, music, to express the feelings of the characters in his play, "Passing of a Salesman". The characters, Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy, and Ben, have a sure style of music and instruments depicting them to demonstrate the pursuer what sort of enthusiastic individual they are. Upbeat tunes constantly went down these circumstances. However, when his longing for the best transformed into the most noticeably awful, an unsavory melody upheld it up. At the point when Willy was befuddled, a variety of the two was listened. Human feelings are something we all underestimate in light of the fact that they are not legitimately caught on. Music is only one of the numerous ways that will make these feelings …show more content…
Why? Why not? Answer :Yes ,Willie is sympathetic character as he is very relatable and also evokes the feeling of pity and sympathy from the audience .As he is the pursuer of the American dream ,me are pursuers of our own dreams .dreams that can sometimes not be full filled and evoke the same frustration anger and guilt we see in Willie’s character. Q8: Why does Biff always want to go out West? Why doesn’t Hap want to go? Why does Hap decide to stay in New York? Answer: Biff wanted to go to the west because there his uncle Ben had had gained prosperity so since he becomes aware of his individuality he wants t go to the west while happy wanting to walk in his father’s footsteps stays in New York. Q9: Biff says nobody in the family ever told the truth. Why? Answer: Biff says this because in his family everyone has been hiding one thing or another for example his father was hiding the fact that he was cheating on his wife, and Happy was hiding the fact one of two assistants to the assistant buyer Q10: What is the picture painted by Miller regarding American business? Is it an accurate
In a way, Miller was a part of the modernism transition from the traditional way of writing. He made it evident when his characters in Death of a Salesman are attempting to come to terms with a capitalistic society which has been functioning for some period. Miller is trying to express the values society places on material wealth and the role models of success the society towards are not the best solution. In the play Willy is a societal failure, but were the other members of the society as successful as Willy?
The point of conflict, it is between: The imaginary order → Biff drawing similarities to his father; Willy’s philosophy of life and his rendition of The American Dream. The symbolic order → The True American Dream.
About the cause of Willy 's death, critic like Bert Cardullo, in his article subtitled The Swollen Legacy of Arthur Miller, argues that: … The salesman figure that comes through is not of a typical grunt brought down by financial failure but of an exceptional invalid, in whom the stress of business only increased existing psychological imbalances ( ' 'Death of a Salesman
Both characters realized that hard work is necessary to get what they want and that success is not a result of popularity. Bernard recognizes this much earlier in his life and becomes successful from an early age. This highlights how fathers play a crucial role in character development. Ironically Biff is similar to Willy, even though he refuses to admit it. Through this, Miller implies that all humans have inherited traits from their parents that cannot be denied.
Through Biff Loman, Miller illustrates the failure of the American dream through the paradoxical relationship between him and his father, Willy Loman, presenting the notion that the secret to true happiness and success lies outside of the confines of the typical American dream of wealth and materialism. Molded by his father’s unrealistic ambitions, it became near impossible for Biff to assimilate as a functioning member of the
It is also important to note that Willy spent most of his career in a car, the machine that has been destroying the closeness of the family. It was this difference in the time period
I know something about it and— WILLY: He knows something about it! You know sporting goods better than Spalding for God’s sake! (Act 1).” Here, he is attempting to convince Biff that, because Biff was a high school football star, he knows more about sporting goods than professionals in the industry.
Boys! Boys! [Young Biff and Happy appear] Listen to this. This is your Uncle Ben, a great man! Tell my boys, Ben!
A hero is someone who makes noble choices with noble intentions. While he makes seemingly noble choices, Bilbo Baggins makes these choices for the wrong reasons. He completes heroic acts when intending to impress Thorin and the other Dwarves, when his Took side takes over, and when he acts out of fear none of which constitute a noble act. In order to not disappoint him, Bilbo listens to Thorin.
In one scene, Biff admits to his father that “he is a dime a dozen”. This proves that Biff is aware of the fact that he has wasted his life chasing something that will never be. In his final conversation with his father, he attempts to make him see that he is a failure as well by saying “You were never anything put hard-working drummer who landed in the ash van lieke all the rest of thgem! I’m one dollar an hour, Willy!”. Willy, however, never admits the fact that his son and him are both losers.
Even when his neighbour Charley offers him a job with a salary, Willy declines because he is too proud to work for Charley. He rather blames his failure on the superficiality of the business world and fixates himself on the idea that personality, not hard work, is the key to accomplishment. Perhaps, this is because Willy is living in a world where the pursuit of the American Dream is a predominant part of people’s lives, and the materialistic pressures of the superficial were beginning to permeate its actual values. Under this particular pressure, Willy has been fighting his entire life to achieve "the dream," but unfortunately, no one ever explains to him what its true values are or how to really make it. Therefore, Willy manages his life based on his overwhelming sense of pride and ambition, and in this way, Miller seems to criticize the idea of compromising happiness for success-- even though Willy truly believes that happiness is achieved through success.
One example is the high level of expectations Biff’s father has for him. Willy gloats about Biff being a star, “Look at this boy[Biff]. . .three universities are begging for him”(86;2). Biff’s ego boosts through the roof, which only sets him up for suffering more when he fails.
Willy finds out his dream of being an popular, well respected salesman is impossible and takes his own life. Linda supports Willy despite the abuse and confusion he puts her through with his various attempts to take his own life, with his delirious ramblings and hallucinations, and with his constant deception. Happy still sees his father as a hero and Biff finally begins to grasp the truth of the “American Dream”. When Willy kills himself, all of the Loman family, including Willy, break free from the web of false dreams he spun and begin to understand Willy’s failings. They also realize their own flaws.
All you have to do is be well liked. This misinterpretation of the American Dream is what caused Willy to never be successful and his sons to be
His willful hopefulness and exaggerated expectations betray him in the end by rendering him incapable of accepting himself or his children for who they are (Nadine). In this play, Willy would be a representation of failure to the American dream. Willy believes that personality, not hard work and innovation, is the key to success. Throughout time, Willy wants to make sure his boys are well-liked and popular. In the story Willy has said,” You and Hap and I, and I’ll show you all the towns.