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Happy says that it will get him into trouble, but his father supports Biff for his initiative. Biff shows his father a football he has “borrowed” from the locker room in the gym. Willy is in the kitchen alone talking to himself, and now we are back in 1928, and his young sons enter. The boys’ characteristics are revealed the selfish Happy who craves attention, and Biff, who has a stealing problem but dreams about making it big someday. Down below they can hear Willy talking to himself and they express worries about his mental health.īoth Biff and Happy are obviously influenced by their father’s dreams and ambitions they discuss future plans and that they are ready for something big as the Loman Brothers. Biff is worried about his father’s driving. From their conversation we learn that Biff is restless and unable to hold on to a job and that Happy is lonely in spite of his seemingly material success and luck with women. We are introduced to Biff and Happy talking in their old room. The near accident with the car foreshadows the way Willy commits suicide at the end of the play. In addition, we are introduced to Willy’s illusions and his confused mind. The guiding motif of being well-liked is also brought up. Willy also goes to the window and states that he feels “boxed in” in this neighbourhood. Several of the leading motifs are introduced here Willy’s assertion that he is “vital in New England”, and the debt motif. Then he realises that he is talking about the old Chevy he had fourteen years ago. He starts talking about the car and how he nearly had an accident.
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Willy comes home from a sales trip and is exhausted and confused.