As Willy’s own personal identity begins to fall apart before his very eyes, he attempts to attach parts of himself to his son, but Biff rejects Willy’s flawed, materialistic dreams. Biff craves simplicity, and there is nothing that he hates more than the world of business that devoured his father and threatens to eat Biff himself whole. Willy’s insecurity about his own failures in life and his inability to ever become his own unique person leads to him living vicariously through his son and entering a downward spiral that culminates in his suicide. Willy’s plight reflects the life of the average man who comes and goes without ever truly making a difference, and his delusions that his actions will better his family make the loss of personal identity he experiences so devastating and
As Willy’s own personal identity begins to fall apart before his very eyes, he attempts to attach parts of himself to his son, but Biff rejects Willy’s flawed, materialistic dreams. Biff craves simplicity, and there is nothing that he hates more than the world of business that devoured his father and threatens to eat Biff himself whole. Willy’s insecurity about his own failures in life and his inability to ever become his own unique person leads to him living vicariously through his son and entering a downward spiral that culminates in his suicide. Willy’s plight reflects the life of the average man who comes and goes without ever truly making a difference, and his delusions that his actions will better his family make the loss of personal identity he experiences so devastating and