Significance+of+Family


 * __Significance of Family__**


 * __//Family Relations//__**

Willy favors Biff more in comparison to Happy as Willy makes reference to how wonderful Biff is “You got greatness in you, Biff. . . You got all kinds of greatness”. However both son and father has their own individual American Dreams. When Biff returns home, Willy perceives it as failure and since Willy wants his oldest son to succeed in every way possible, Willy tries to take matter into his own hands “I’ll get him a job selling. He could be big in no time”. Willy believes that only popularity “being well liked” would lead anyone to great success (inspired by the man who made sells through the phone), therefore he believes that working on the road by selling is the greatest job a man could have, however Biff’s inspired job for a man is working outdoors (football). This part shows frustration between both Father’s and Son’s dreams – also creates conflicts as Willy believes that his way of making a living is the right way. - father doesn’t value his son’s point of view and gets in the way of what his son wants to do and puts pressure on Biff on what he should do in the world of business while implanting him immoral knowledge – even when Biff was young and stole the football, Willy thought it was alright because Biff was ‘popular’.
 * **__Willy and Biff__**


 * **__Willy and Linda__**

Husband and wife; Linda truly loves Willy for life and acts out her role as a wife perfectly in looking after her husband: encouraging and caring for Willy. “//LINDA//: Oh, that’s the spirit, Willy! ...//LINDA//: you got your glasses? //WILLY//: Yea yeah got my glasses. //LINDA//: and a handkerchief. //WILLY//: yea handkerchief. //LINDA:// and your saccharine? //WILLY:// Yeah my Saccharine. //LINDA//: Be careful on the subway stairs.” However this love of Linda to Willy is betrayed – Willy gave a pair of stockings to ‘The Woman’ ‘THE WOMAN:… [//he suddenly grabs her and kisses her roughly//] you kill me. And thanks for the stockings. I love a lot of stockings…[//she (Linda) kisses him, and a silk stocking is seen hanging from her hand. Willy notices it.//] ‘WILLY: Will you stop mending stocking? At least while I’m in the house. It gets me nervous. I can’t tell you. Please”. The fact that he’s “nervous” gives away to the audience that that shows he had cheated on his wife with ‘The Woman’ which was then found out by Young Biff (flashback). “You gave her Mama’s stockings! ... Liar! ...you fake! You phony little fake! You fake!”


 * **__Willy and Happy__**

Willy barely talks to Happy, and because Willy gives more attention to Biff, Happy attempts to live his father’s success of “being well liked” in able to be acknowledged by Willy. However his plan didn’t work out the way he has planned his life “It’s what I always wanted. My own apartment, a car, and plenty of women. And still, goddammit, I’m lonely”, therefore Happy has been living his entire life in a way that he believes will bring him attention from his father. This shows that Happy looks up to his father like a role model like a normal son would do in real life. - Willy doesn’t realize Happy’s existence properly instead, Willy usually ignores Happy. As fathers are suppose to set a role model to their son (or sonS), in addition to show the correct quality of what a role model should have, Willy doesn’t express the moralities to his sons, instead he favors one or even idolizes him because of his popularity in school (Biff) and doesn’t take time to care for the other son (Happy) which leaves Happy hanging miserably.