Death of a Salesman: Willy & Biff

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to Willy because he believes that his way is the right way. If a father becomes too involved in his son's life, Miller believes friction will be the resultant factor. As unfortunate as it is, there are many instances where a father favors one son over another, which leads to social conflicts within the less-favored son. In most cases it is the oldest son that is being favored while the younger son is ignored. Usually the father doesn?t even realize what is happening. He simply gets too caught up in the successes of his eldest son and he may even try to live out his life through his son's experiences. Because Willy has dreams of grandeur for Biff, Miller subtly shows how Happy is overlooked.During most father-son relationships, there are certain times where the father wants to become more of a "player" in his son's life than his son believes is necessary. The reasons for this are numerous and can be demonstrated in different ways. Miller is able to give an example of this ...

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of his eldest son and he may even try to live out his life through his son's experiences. Because Willy has dreams of grandeur for Biff, Miller subtly shows how Happy is overlooked.

During most father-son relationships, there are certain times where the father wants to become more of a "player" in his son's life than his son believes is necessary. The reasons for this are numerous and can be demonstrated in different ways. Miller is able to give an example of this behavior through the actions of Willy Loman. When Biff comes home to recollect himself, Willy perceives it as failure. Since Willy desperately wants his oldest son, Biff, to succeed in every way possible, he tries to ...

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