Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Willy Loman Danielle Goldman November 25, 2002 English 2, Seventh Period Perpetual Childhood In the dramatic play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the daily life of the Loman family is shown through the eyes and mind of the father. Now a sixty years old discouraged salesperson with nothing to show for a lifetime of hard work, Willy Loman is lead to reminisce on happier times with the presence of his two grown sons, Happy and Biff, back in the house. Reassuring himself that his children would be successful because of their well-built physical appearance, Willy prided himself on Biff’s athletic feats especially, ever since Biff was young. Although it would seem Willy was the only one disillusioned by this false hope of success, Biff’s athletic status appears to dominate an aspect in his life past his adolescence that seems to trap him in a perpetual childhood. Biff is introduced into the play nostalgic of his youth, for he is fumbling with an old deflated football as he d... Posted by: Carlos Hernandez Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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