What Does Willy Say About Biff
Suddenly Happy, Willy Mutters That Biff Must Like Him Because He Cried, and His Own Delusions of His Son’s Success Are Restored in Light of This Meager Proof...
Suddenly happy, Willy mutters that Biff must like him because he cried, and his own delusions of his son’s success are restored in light of this meager proof. Linda and Happy tell him that Biff has always loved him, and even Happy seems genuinely moved by the encounter.
What Does Willy think about Biff?
Overall, Willy loves Biff, yet he resents him for not becoming a successful salesman and believes he has failed out of spite. Biff appears to be a failure, yet he is not. Willy loves Biff; in fact, he has attempted, as many parents, to live vicariously through Biff.
What are Willys expectations for Biff?
He thinks that he is slacking off working as a farmhand; he had high expectations for Biff: he’d make it big in business (based on Biff’s popularity in high school), and now that he hasn’t, Willy is disappointed in him and dissatisfied with everything he does.