Discuss the father-son relationship in Death of a Salesman.
Discuss the father-son relationship in Death of a Salesman The father-son relationship in Arthur Miller's - play Death of a Salesman is one of the central themes of the play The relationships between Willy Loman the salesman and his two sons Biff and Happy reflect the complexities of familial expectations personal failure and the pursuit of the American Dream Love and Hate Biff and Happy are sons of Willy Loman They love their father when they are Children Biff is Willy Loman's favorite son However the event that is chiefly responsible for the decline of the relationship is Willy s illegal affair with a Boston girl When Biff goes to Boston to meet his father he catches his father red-handed with a Boston girl After discovering the illegal affair Biff heats his father Universal concern for the future Willy Loman is a salesman for the Wagner Company But he has