However, when Linda converses with her husband, it’s almost as if she is walking on eggshells. When she speaks to her sons, Happy and Biff, she can be very stern, confident, and resolute. Each character has their own characteristics as what the playwright portrays.
He says, “I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life. Keywords: Loman Family, Willy Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, Linda Loman. Her characteristics can be discovered by paying attention to Arthur Miller’s parenthetic stage directions. his wife, Linda Loman, have two grown sons, Biff and Happy Loman. At the same time, returning home is a huge jolt to the sensitive Biff. Biff is a good son, or at least he tries to be, constantly trying to live up to his father’s expectations. Biff And Happy Loman Biff and Happy are both very much alike, their personality traits contain a lot of selfishness, laziness, arrogance and rather spoiled. Personality… conflicted, but more mature than he might seem. Biff complains, “What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!” There’s no question that office work is not his calling, and that becoming a salesman would be sacrificing his life just to make his father happy. Or, more appropriately, being true to himself and becoming a farmhand. He’s unsure if he wants to commit to a relationship at this point, just like his uncertainty for his future in general.Ĭhallenge… choosing a career. Interests… farm work, and making his father proud. As Biff gets older, he becomes more pressed for time, and must soon make a final decision in terms of a “profession.” However, he’s also a natural salesman like his father. Biff is best with his hands, a born craftsman. He’s torn between following in the footsteps of his father and becoming the salesman Willy always wanted him to be – or moving to the American West, where he can work as a farmhand and enjoy the life of the great outdoors. He’s 34 years old, but still has the opportunity to decide his path in life. Biff is best with his hands, a born craftsman. His business acumen is still at its peak, but he is no longer able to leverage his personality to get by. He has lost the youthful verve of his past and his camaraderie has faded away. Biff is still on the fence regarding his future career. Description Decline Willy Loman is an aging Brooklyn, New York salesman whose less than spectacular career is on the decline. He has returned home to find his father Willy a nervous wreck. The decision to drop out of school changed his life, perhaps forever. Unfortunately, he flunked math during his last year of high school, and then he dropped out of summer school when he caught his father cheating on his mother in Boston. Everyone said Biff had a lot of potential as an athlete, in college or even the pros.
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