Analysis of Biff in Death of a Salesman

Camilla Tanzi Year 12 An analysis of the eccentric person of lap. bullet Lo nice-arm is depicted as the root of Willys moral illness and instability. He is similarly the merely member of his family who ac go to bedledges his own failures in life. On the whole, sluggard Loman stands start as the almost intriguing and strong character in finish of a Salesman. He is non a successful man and neer willing be, he is however fit to admit this, eventide in a harsh society as the sensationness of the 1960s America. hit hit the sacks he is a no social function and tries to make his tiro larn that he is no strong.I am a dime a dozen, Pop, and so ar you. He begs for Willy to communicate with him and accept him for who he is. Although Willy is forced by trailer to visualise some of his own failures, he neer accepts that pummel will turn out the resembling way. At the end of the play, hit enamourms to stir developed a force of his own he has sayingd and reli f itting the truth about himself and his buzz off. Now that he acknowledges his problems, thither is a hope that he will be able to cooking stove his potential. If Death of a Salesman offers any(prenominal) hope, it is solo through the character of pummel.Also ingest Expressionism in Death of a SalesmanMiller implies on that point is a chance that he will one day be able to live a normal life, apart from the shadow of Willy Loman. lagger stimulates reactions out of his fathers lunacy and is portrayed as the main cause of Willys problems. We hear that Willy has been a bad influence on his son and in spite of this he has big ambitions for bullet and does not destiny to admit that he will neer reach the goals he wishes for him. Being Willys oldest son, pull chew the fatms to be the perfect babe to his father.However, as the play develops and especially when it shifts from Willys dreams to the reality, we see a change in his attitude towards his son. When Biff was the star rugby player, the merely intimacy that evented to Willy was his success in the sport. As a matter of fact, when Bernard informs Willy and Biff about the possibility of him being flunked in math, Willys reply is fuddled and arrogant Dont be a pest, Bernard (To his male childs) What an anaemic The use of the formulate anaemic is a perfect illustration to show what the mans ethics ar he considers Bernard a stripling who lacks vitality, boring.The author could possibly be implying that Willy is truly envious of Bernard and even though he doesnt motive to admit it, his is barely jealousy when he shows aversion towards him. Willy has varied ambitions for his sons futures than most slew had for theirs at the clip he believes that sport will be enough to help Biff keep an eye on in the business world, make him well-heeled and notorious Thats just what I mean, Bernard great deal astonish the best attach in school, yunderstand, barely when he operates out in the busi ness world, yunderstand, youre going to be basketball team times ahead of him. Arthur Miller provides us with a lot of evidence that Willy has been a bad influence on Biff. charm Biff is in some shipway desperate to impress his father, he is also conscious about the fact that Willy has failed his exploit to be successful in his career. He considers his dads dreams materialistic and unreachable. As a matter of fact, in the Requiem, even after his fathers death, Biff says He had the wrong dreams. All, all wrong. contrasted Happy and Willy, Biff is self-aware and determine facts Willy never was a successful salesman and he never wanted to face the truth.On the early(a)wise hand, Biff is conscious about his failures and the weaknesses of his personality. During an course with his father, Biff admits that his dad do him so arrogant as a boy that now he just cant handle taking orders from a boss. I think this is what truly differentiates Biff from the rest of his family he is h onest and unsophisticated about himself and would rather conk on a ranch than supply to be successful in a fake field that he knows will never accept him. Biff is also the further character that acts as a monitoring device that the American fancy is not an e precise(prenominal) mans dream.Bernard has become a successful lawyer as his father Charley, Willy and Happy try to pretend they concord too, but Biff is the only one who surrenders to his destiny. Rather than seeking success and money, he wants a basic life workings on ranches. He does not try to push into the crowd of people aiming for a good job and a sloshed life-style, but instead wants to be seen for who he truly is Happy The only thing is- what can you make out there? Biff But look at your friend. Builds an estate and then doesnt rent the peace of mind to live in it. In a way, Miller is trying to tell us that Americans are make victims of the countrys success. Death of a Salesman seems to argue that America a s a whole does not value people who look for simple pleasures such as working in the countryside, and the American Dream pushes people to only aim for jobs in the industry. It is ironical how Bernard turns out to succeed as a successful and well-known lawyer. It is ironic because during high school Willy used to taunt him for studying hard and always praised Biff for not studying at all.Bernard is presented as a weak and shy character and Miller wants us to believe that Biff will turn out to be successful rather than him and not the contrary. However, things saturnine out differently to how both(prenominal) Willy and Biff expected them to. Bernards success irritates Willy because his own sons lives do not measure up to Bernards (after a pause) Im- Im overjoyed to see how you made the grade Bernard, overjoyed. Its an encouraging thing to see a young man really-really- Looks very good for Biff- very (He breaks off, then) Bernard- (He is so full of emotion, he breaks off again). er stwhile again, Biff is the cause of his fathers despair he does not want to pursue Willys dreams, he wants something other than material things from life, and this destroys the man. Biff has learnt from his father that to be well- like and attractive are the most funda psychical ingredients for success. Up to now, I induct only analysed the differences betwixt Biff and Willy, however, it is also very important to highlight the few similarities between the two characters. When he was a jejune boy, Willys authority on Biff was evident.We find that when the three Loman hands are talking about Bernard, Biff echoes small bits of his fathers view on life when he says that his friend is liked but not well-liked. This implies that Biff once used to have respect towards Willy he admired his strong personality and sanctioned his view on the business world. Biff Loman is aware that he will not succeed as a salesman or any other job without his math degree. On the other hand, his father is convinced he will and does not what to face the reality of facts. However, towards the end of the play we see a change in both the mens attitudes.As a matter of fact, they have switched opinions Biff (horrified, gets down on one knee before Willy) Dad, Ill make good, Ill make good. (Willy tries to get to his feet. Biff holds him down. ) Sit down now. Willy No, youre no good, youre no good for anything. Biff is now desperate and is simply worried for his fathers mental health and tries to encourage him to be domineering in any way he can- even if this involves lying to himself about his potential. As I previously mentioned in my introduction, Biff seems to be the only character that offers any hope whatsoever in Death of a Salesman.At the beginning of the play, he tells the listening about his dreams of living in the southeasterly What the hell am I doing, vie around with horses, twenty-eight dollars a workweek Im thirty-four age old, I oughta be makin my future. Thats wh en I coming running home. And now, I get here, and I dont know what to do with myself. This clearly shows that biff aspires to dampen things, but does not know what to do in an industrial city as New York. He wants to succeed and make water a future, but at the same time he enjoys the pleasures of living in the countryside and not having any stress.Here is where we understand that Biff is fundamentally lazy. He would like to have a nice and wealthy life, but he just does not have the strength or the motivation to work for it. On the whole, through the illusions that Willy believes, he cannot see Biff as a goose egg and cannot accept that he wont be successful as he hopes. Eventually, Biff finally sees the truth and realises that he is no great leader of men. He also comprehends the delusions that Willy lived on. Biff is destine to no greatness, but he no longer has to struggle to understand what he wants to do with his life I know who I am, kid.