Death of a Salesman

In Death of a Salesman,a drama by Arthur Miller, presents the conflict between to main characters, the traveling salesman, Willy Loman, and his son Biff. This discord is founded in the fact that each man is faced with the impractical ideals placed on them by the other. This leads to the subsequent shattering of Willy and Biff’s hopes. Willy chastises his son on numerous occassions. However, his scoldings fall deafly on Biff’s …

…invading the present .This imperfection only adds to Biff’s disapproval of his father. > Willy believes that, at the end of his life, he has been burdered with the worst possible humiliation. With this in mind, Willy commits suicide to allow his family to collect a large sum of insurance money. Ironically, not even his death brought about the popularity he so desperately sought. In fact, the only people at his funeral was his family.