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    The document provides outlines for the characters of Willy Loman and his son Biff in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman. It summarizes that Willy values superficial markers of success over hard work and lives in denial of reality, clinging to unrealistic fantasies. Biff was once a star football player who felt entitled but had a realization that his life was built on lies; he now faces his failures and low status honestly rather than living in denial like Willy and Happy.

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    The document provides outlines for the characters of Willy Loman and his son Biff in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman. It summarizes that Willy values superficial markers of success over hard work and lives in denial of reality, clinging to unrealistic fantasies. Biff was once a star football player who felt entitled but had a realization that his life was built on lies; he now faces his failures and low status honestly rather than living in denial like Willy and Happy.

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    The document provides outlines for the characters of Willy Loman and his son Biff in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman. It summarizes that Willy values superficial markers of success over hard work and lives in denial of reality, clinging to unrealistic fantasies. Biff was once a star football player who felt entitled but had a realization that his life was built on lies; he now faces his failures and low status honestly rather than living in denial like Willy and Happy.

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    Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

    Blurb Outline for Willy Loman


    1. Willy values only the superficial markings of success, and he focuses on
    the importance of appearance, rather than on authentic notions of hard
    work and dedication
    the man who makes an appearance . . . is the man who gets ahead (p. 20)
    personality always wins the day (p. 46)
    well liked
    they know me up and down New England . . . I have friends (p. 18)
    2. Willy is unable to accept reality, and he chooses to live in a world built
    around illusions and fantasy
    Im vital in New England (p. 4)
    hes a fake and he doesnt like anybody around who knows (p. 40)
    he never knew who he was (p. 107)
    3. Willy continues to pursue a false ideal and he builds his life around an
    unrealistic mythic standard, despite the fact that it could never have
    been the life that would have made him happy
    we dont belong in this nuthouse of a city (p. 43)
    there is just no spot here for you (p. 57)
    in those days I had a yearning to go to Alaska (p. 58)
    grand outdoors (p. 62)
    he had the wrong dreams (p. 107)
    take that phoney dream and burn it (p. 102)
    4. As Willy continues to delude himself, his choices become more limited,
    and he feels as though reality is closing in on him
    theres not a breath of fresh air (p. 6)
    gotta break your neck to see a star in this yard (p. 7)
    they boxed us in here (p. 6)
    you cant see nothing out here (p. 97)

    Blurb Outline for Biff Loman

    1. As a high school football star and as Willys favourite son, Biff believes
    that he is destined for greatness and he lives life with a sense of
    entitlement, where he is never at fault and he is not accountable for his
    own actions
    Birnbaum refused absolutely. I begged him, Pop, but he wont give me those
    points (p. 89)
    Well I borrowed [the football] from the locker room (p. 17)
    2. In Bill Olivers office, Biff has an epiphany, where he faces the truth of
    his past and is determined to break through the lies that have engulfed
    his family his whole life
    I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. Weve been talking in
    a dream for fifteen years (p. 78)
    I took those balls years ago, now I walk in with his fountain pen? (p. 85)
    Im no good, cant you see what I am? (p, 85)
    3. Unlike Willy and Happy, Biff feels compelled to face the truth, and to
    reconcile the reality of his past with the faade that his father instilled in
    him; he acknowledges his failure and confronts it honestly
    Pop, Im nothing! Im nothing, Pop. Cant you understand that? Theres no
    spite in it anymore. Im just what I am, thats all. (p. 102)
    Im one dollar an hour, Willy! (p. 102)
    Im not bringing home any prizes anymore (p. 102)
    4. Biff faces this crisis of identity in an attempt to live a truthful and
    honest existence, free of the constraints placed upon him by his father
    and by the capitalist ideal
    We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house (p. 100)
    I know who I am! Why cant I say that, Willy? (p. 101)
    I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never
    stand taking orders from anybody (p. 101)

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