The encounter prompted Biff to give up on his “American Dream” career track, as he had completely lost faith in his father and in the values he had taught them. Monologues are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. For full, extended monologue see: Miller, Arthur. Biff calls his father a liar, phony, and fake. Editors Note: This monologue excludes brief interjections that do not alter the flow of Biffs speech. Then, the woman comes out of the bathroom. The play’s intellectual appeal lies in Miller’s refusal to portray his characters as two-dimensional his refusal to involve himself in a one-sided polemic attack on capital-ism. Biff Loman Character Analysis in Death of A Salesman - Death of a Salesman describes a man, Biff Loman, who had lost his identity and he lacks the ability to accept change within himself and the.
All and all, what makes this movie a success is that this movie is a perfect combination of a balanced family. He tells his father that he failed math and will not be able to graduate, and asks for his help. Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, Death of a Salesman has to this day remained a classic. Thusly, the characters in Death of a Salesman are reflections of the American culture and move us to search inside ourselves and discover the Willy, Linda, and Biff inside every last one of us. Willy then finds himself at the hotel in Boston with "the Woman" as someone knocks on the door. On one hand, Biff feels that Willy's conduct is a manifestation of well-deserved guilt. Biff hints that his father is troubled because of 'other things' namely Willy's affair besides the fact that Biff is working as a lowly farmhand. This time, he sees young Bernard tell Linda that Biff failed math and got on a train to Boston to find his father. Biff is horrified by Happy's report of Willy's mumblings and imagined conversations. When Willy arrives to meet them for dinner, he tells them that he was fired and Biff tries to tell him what happened with Oliver, but Willy goes off into another memory. Biff is upset because, after waiting for six hours to see Bill Oliver to ask him to finance their business idea, Oliver declined and didn't even remember him. Biff and Happy meet at a restaurant, where Happy flirts with a girl.