His efforts, however, were of no avail.īy the end of the play, Biff had enough with caring a dream that didn’t match his own, and feeling the weight of his father’s dreams. Knowing that Willy was losing his sense of reality and was in bad condition, Biff remorsefully, once again puts on his hero cape. Although scarred, later coming back home, Biff see that his father really needs is help. Here we see him removing the pressures of being his dad’s savior: temporarily. Biff gave up on the dream he once shared with his father. Bienard puzzled, later shares with Willy, that after Biff comes back from Boston, he is completely changed. All chances of fulfilling his dad’s vision died in that moment.
The disillusionment destroyed all Biff’ believed about his father. Here is where we witness the dynamics of a father and son relationship be utterly ruin. Unfortunately instead, he ended up, walking in on his dad having an affair with another woman. He new is dad was able to fix the situation and talk to his teacher. The fail could’ve been redeemed but sequence of events demoralized his hope in becoming the proud hero his dad so longed for.īiff discouraged by his grades, decided to seek council from his dad, who was in Boston. Pursuing his father’s goal, Biff was all in in football, but unfortunately, his academic performance were not matching those of his athletic ones. Biff was very naïve about the burden he was asked to carry. Biff in the other hand, was willing to make his father proud. In Biff he saw that dream becoming possible. Willy’s ambition was to climb up the social latter. Willy favored Biff’s it seemed, however, Willy loved his potential to succeed or more specifically his hope to save him from what he himself couldn’t accomplish. Their father son relationship seem to be thriving at that point. In return Biff saw him with admiration and trusted his guidance. Willy encourage Biff’s skill in football and coached him to visualize a grand dream. His number one fan was of course his father. His main sport was football, and attention was given to his athletic performance. His popularity caused him to have many friends and girls who flocked after him. He was a handsome young man, with a football players build. In a flashback moment in the play we see Biff’ at his prime. Willy’s lack of connection to reality, hunting past, and extreme disappointment in his son, led him to ultimately take his life, However, we cannot see Willy’s demise without paying attention to the spark of hope Biff represented throughout the whole play. Death of a salesman written by Arthur Miller, tells the tragic story of Willy Loman, an unfaithful husband, father of two, working man and delusional dreamer, who tirelessly projected his dreams on Biff, his older son.