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But he’s willing to forgive 6 Willy for making this gravemistake while Biff was in his youth. Hedoesn’t want a desk, but the exact opposite: To work outside, in the open air,with his hands. He has realized,that all his life, he has tried to become something that he doesn’t really wantto be, and that becoming this something (a prosperous businessman) was a (forhim) unreachable goal which was only put into his mind by his father (p.105). He doesn’t want to leave with another fight, he wants to make peacewith his father 6 and tell him goodbye in a friendly manner. But he ignores this knowledge which he carries inhimself, and goes on with his plan.Īfter this scene, Biff, who has decided to totally sever the ties with hisparents, has an “abprupt conversation” (p.99) with Willy. This obviously indicates that he himself also thinks that it’s veryprobable that Biff will hate him even more for doing it, as the presence of”Ben”, a man whom he greatly admires for being a successful businessman, is aproduct of his own mind. His imagineddialogue partner tells him that Biff will consider the impending act one ofcowardice. Maybe hehas forgotten that the “old buyers” have already died of old age. Although perhaps this wrong foretelling could beattributed to senility, rather than his typical self-deception 5. Yet as was to be expected, this is not what happens, none of thepeople he sold to come. But even here in one of hislast moments, while having a conversation with a ghost from the past, hecontinues to lie to himself by saying that his funeral will be a big event 2,and that there will be guests from all over his former working territory inattendance. He doesit primarily because he thinks that the life insurance payout 3 will allowBiff to come to something 4, so that at least one of the Lomans will fulfillhis unrealistic dream of great wealth and success. Not only out of desperation because he just lost his job, withwhich he was hardly earning enough to pay ordinary expenses at the end. On the last few pages of the play, Willy finally decides to take his own life(1 and 2). Both of themhave gone from idolizing their father in their youth to despising him in thepresent. His two sons, Biff andHappy, who are in their 30’s, have become failures like himself. The book describes the last day of his life, but thereare frequent “flashbacks” in which Willy relives key events of the past, oftenconfusing them with what is happening in the present. It also portrays his wifeLinda, who “plays along” nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants tohear, out of compassion. Analysis of the Ending of “Death of a Salesman”Analysis of the Ending of “Death of a Salesman”The play “Death of a Salesman” shows the final demise of Willy Loman, a sixty-year-old salesman in the America of the 1940’s, who has deluded himself all hislife about being a big success in the business world.