Death of a Salesmen

In "Death of a Salesmen" there are many characters each with their own set of issues. Willy's hopes and dreams for his future was to create a career for his son, Biff. He wants Biff to have a career where he is very well respected and wealthy. He had a very bad life and he wished more for his sons. Willy thinks his son is worth more than his current life style and he wan ts him to be way more accomplished. Willy's current life style also is one to be looked upon.l Being only a travel salesman he does not make a lot. HE also suffers from hallucinations and random aggressive behavior. This makes for the confrontation and drama of the play. HE is not able to discuss with his son Biff without getting upset or upsetting Biff in return.

Willy's wife Linda is the obedient type. She tries to be a good wife and a good mother to her sons. Even with Willy's aggression and mistreatment towards her, she appears to be the only one who truly supports him. She has to steady deal with his hallucinations and horrible behavior alone because all of her children have moved on with their life. You can tell by the way she deals with things that she is just so tired and emotional unstable. I also feel as though she is upset with her children for making her deal with this all alone. Sometimes I feel as though she unleashes this anger when she confront her children about their poor treatment of their father. She hopes that Willy will succeed in his hopes and dreams for his future and family but she isn't sure if he will achieve this goal.

Biff is the older brother and son of Willy and Linda. Biff was the star of his high school football team and had a scholarship waiting for him after he graduated. Since Biff failed his math class all he had to do was make up the credits but attending summer school. He was going to attend, until he found out a disturbing detail about his father's actions. Willy was having am affair and it broke Biff's heart. After that Biff went from job to job, stealing, and even spending time in jail. Willy sees Biff as his biggest disappoint and because of this the two are constantly in fights concerning Biff's life.

Happy is the youngest son. He is very content and successful. Happy has a steady career, unlike Biff, so has no problems with Willy. Happy has a very stable life and because of it he risks it with sleeping with multiple women. Although Happy does have a comfortable life and life style he invites Biff to join in and work with him.

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