Willy was hoping that his brilliant son got the loan to keep his own hopes up. Willy and his sons were supposed to meet at a restaurant to supposedly celebrate Biff’s loan and Willy’s new job. The conflict between the father and son fuels the climax of the play. Their relationship was broken from then on. Biff no longer say his father as an idol. He no longer meets the expectation Willy had for him. Biff said that no one would listen to a phony liar and ran off. The conflict between Willy and Biff started the day when Biff found out that Willy had an affair. He did well in the football team, he loved Willy, and was good student. Biff believed in him and lived up to the idea of being liked would get him far. He told Biff that he was very well liked and that he would be successful because of it. He filled Biff with the same hot air he filled himself with. In truth, Willy’s arrogance of thinking he was well liked made him blind to the fact that he was not liked at all. He thought he could die and have a funeral just like Singleman. He also thought of himself as a man who could be easily liked. From idolized Singleman and decided to be a salesman himself. When Singleman died, hundreds of people attended his funeral. Singleman was a loved and respected salesman he was well like in twenty of thirty different cities. Willy would have gone to Alaska with his brother in hopes of a bright future, but then he met Dave Singleman.
#DAVE SINGLEMAN DEATH OF A SALESMAN FULL#
The conflict came from a past full of false hopes and a present reality with tragic events. It’s a real grief that Willy’s loss of identity and trust in false American Dream have begot him to death.The climax of Death of a Salesman was driven by the unstable relationship between Willy, the father, and Biff, and his son. All, all, wrong…He never knew who he was. His motivation for going into salesmanship has turned out to be a way of dying rather than a way of living.īiff: He had the wrong dreams. This enormous contrast proves well that Willy had the wrong dreams all his life. However, there were only four people at Willy’s funeral, Charley, Linda, Biff, and Happy. Hundreds of salesman and buyers were present at Singleman’s funeral and many others felt sad for months. Both figures’ deaths show a great contrast. The phrase “death of a salesman”, also the title of the play, is mentioned twice in the book: once referring to Dave Singleman’s death and the other, referring to Willy’s. Things were sad on a lotta trains for months after that.” –Willy Loman “When he died – and by the way he died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, going into Boston – when he died, hundreds of salesman and buyers were at his funeral. This is true since Willy notes that Dave was loved by many people and also foreshadows the fact that Willy will never be like Dave Singleman no matter how much he tries. Therefore, Dave Singleman signifies “the beloved” and “the inimitable” man. The original meaning of the name “Dave” is “beloved.” Also, Dave’s last name, Singleman, sounds like “Salesman.” Also, the word “single” in his name denotes distinct and inimitable. For instance, Willy’s last name “Loman” gives the impression of “Low man.” The name “Dave Singleman” also has its significance. Singleman’s slippers show a direct contradiction to Willy’s slippers as he walks around in it, delirious in his mind.Īrthur Miller incorporates each character’s names with characteristics. It also is interesting that Willy mentions of Singleman’s “green velvet slippers” when working in his job Willy is amazed how a man can earn money in such relaxing garment. He was well-liked by many different people and was part of Willy’s American Dream. Singleman had many people around him, numerous connections, and very much likely, rich and powerful. The way Willy describes Dave Singleman seems almost like a legendary salesman. At the age of eighty-four, Singleman worked in his room by calling and answering the phone. Singleman’s profession was a salesman and the way he made his living became very inspiring to Willy Loman. ‘Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” –Willy Lomanĭave Singleman is a successful and renowned figure whom Willy revered and hoped to become. “And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want.
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