Death of A Salesman
The Downfall of Biff Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of A SalesmanEven though Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman was frequently haunted by the flashback of the time Biff caught him with another woman, he knew in his heart that his Boston affair left his oldest son bitterly "crestfallen" (1880). Willy Loman's clandestine, adulterous affair continued unabated, until his son Biff caught him in a hotel room with a prostitute. Willy Loman filled his sons so full of the concept of "be liked and you'll never want," (1890) that when Biff failed math, "he went to Grand Central," (1931) to search for his father. He assumed that since Willy was so well liked, he would be able to appeal to Mr. Birnbaum (his math teacher) to adjust his grade. But to add insult to injury, when Biff made the trip to Boston in an effort to explain his situation, he accidentally discovered his father's infidelity. "Staring open mouth and horrified at The Woman," (1936) it was during this time that Biff encountered his father in the hotel room with his mistress. Outraged by the fact that his own father gave away his mother, Linda's well-deserved stockings, "you - you gave her Mama's stocking
be. Biff's decision not to follow the path Willy had previously mapped out for him was sexual indiscretion forced him to reject Willy and himself as his son. father had forced on him. Thus, evidenced by this pivotal scene, Miller suggests that
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