At the heart of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the central conflict occurs through the relationship of Willy Loman and his eldest son, Biff. Throughout the play, Miller shows the continuously building relationships to reveal the true themes of the play, as well as to create a character of hope and a tragic character. Through Willy Loman unrealistic expectations and unrealistic view on life, Miller is able to create a tragic character whom can be granted with the formation of a character of hope for his son Biff. Through the use of tragic characters and characters of hope, one is able to show the contracting relationship of father and son.
The central issue which creates the tension between Willy and Biff is Willy’s condoning of inappropriate behavior. The majority of Biff’s conflicts with many other character in Death of a …show more content…
A main type of inappropriate behavior that creates hostility between Willy and Biff is Biff’s stealing. The …show more content…
… he likes you. If someone else took that ball there’d be an uproar” (Miller 18). When Biff was in high school he stole a football from the locker room, once Willy was made aware of his sons steal he was creating excuses on how it was inconsequential. Willy also allowed his sons to steal wood from the construction site across the street of their house in Brooklyn, as well as allowing his son Biff to get away with stealing basketballs from Bill Oliver. Willy’s influence creating tension between him and his son is the mishandling of women. All the mother’s in Brooklyn are worried about their daughters being around Biff, because he is too rough with them. Willy also not only cheated on his wife Linda, but he also abuses the woman that he is
The central issue which creates the tension between Willy and Biff is Willy’s condoning of inappropriate behavior. The majority of Biff’s conflicts with many other character in Death of a …show more content…
A main type of inappropriate behavior that creates hostility between Willy and Biff is Biff’s stealing. The …show more content…
… he likes you. If someone else took that ball there’d be an uproar” (Miller 18). When Biff was in high school he stole a football from the locker room, once Willy was made aware of his sons steal he was creating excuses on how it was inconsequential. Willy also allowed his sons to steal wood from the construction site across the street of their house in Brooklyn, as well as allowing his son Biff to get away with stealing basketballs from Bill Oliver. Willy’s influence creating tension between him and his son is the mishandling of women. All the mother’s in Brooklyn are worried about their daughters being around Biff, because he is too rough with them. Willy also not only cheated on his wife Linda, but he also abuses the woman that he is