Video Analysis - A dime a dozen

In this scene Biff is reaching out to Willy to let the dreams and past of how he use to be go. For the simple reason he didn't want to continue his life as a lie like his father did, he wanted to let go of the things that caused his downfall in life why he couldn't find himself at such an old age where he should have already found himself. And he wants his father to let him go in one peace so he can find himself. Biff is tired of running around stealing stuff from people, he wants stability. He sees how much affect he has on his father especially with his actions and not becoming the star he always him to be. Biff needed to go out and start life anew now he realised what he was doing and it was wrong and stopped. And in order for him to accomplish that he had to have his father's consent, so that when he went out into the world again he wont feel guilty for leaving his father especially with that false dream in his mind. He was finally becoming a man in the sense that, he was owning up to his responsibility and placed his faults and his fathers faults on the table so there could be no more lies and everyone could move on with a clean slate.

Discuss the cause of the relationship breakdown between Willy Loman and his sons

Willy Loman and his sons in the high school years of their life had a superb relationship. He was the father of what other fathers to be like. Father of the son of the star of the football team. He and his sons got along greatly he was their idol. He could give them anything to do and they would do it and they were even happier if he did it with them. He fulled them up with stories of his job and how he was a big shot and everything how everyone knew his name. And he would tell them what to do to become a success the American dream. But after awhile as they got older his relationship with them began to deteriorate.
As he got older his job began to put more pressure on him and he overlooked big things that his children were doing especially Biff that started to kill the relationship instead of build it even more. For example when Biff was stealing and Linda told him about Biff's stealing he did not punish him but told him to go play balll etc. Also when Biff was failing math and Bernard told him about it, and instead of telling him to go ad study so he could pass his exam so that he could've gone to college he sent Bernard away and told Biff to go out in the yard and continue playing ball. He did not carry out the role of a true father and correct his son when he was going wrong, all he was concerned with was that they had to become the American dream if that's the only thing they did. So he filled up their heads with lies about himself and the world out there and this was the downfall of his kids and himself.
After growing older and not being corrected Biff came off a good track and feel into a bad one full of the bad ways his father did not take him off of. And he faced the new world based on the lies his father filled him up with. And instead of working in an office and elevating to top position biff faced the cruelity of the real world out there, and decided that the life his father wanted him to live was not for him. In that the relationship between him and his father began to deteriorate, because he going on his own path to find himself took many years of doing what he pleased and it hurt and disappointed his father because Biff was his favourite the one he believed in the most. And him working in the pastures herding animals was not the kind of life he raised and wanted him to live. Causing tension and a lot of arguments to arise every time he came to visit. But the true reason for the break in relationship was because Biff went out into the real world full with the lessons of what his father taught him how to survive, and because of what happened when he entered and realised life is not as nice and easy as his father put it. He didn't know what to do next he didn't have a back up plan to how to survive so went about doing what he could and that disappointed him. Making him to develop a hatred for his father because he was the reason for his failure. He was the reason why he was 30 the age where he should be settling down with a wife and a good job and not wondering about the place trying to find himself.
He blamed his father and Willy knew that Biff knew the truth behind his lies and that didn't help the relationship it continued to go downhill. Every time the two came together because of what each did to the other their relationship was destroyed. Willy lied to his sons causing them to go down the wrong path he did not correct Biff when he did his wrong and caused him to live the life that he is, while Biff hurt Willy because he did not live the life his father wanted him to live, he was a disappointment to his parents father especially and had no accomplishments in life whatsoever, the little boy he raised with all the attention and potential was gone and a man with no life without anything to own but his clothes on his back was present and the site of that destroyed the relationship.
While happy on the other hand he too was spoiled by his father's lies but he was a little more successful than his brother he had a stable job and that brought his father a little pride. But what destroyed their relationship a little bit, was his scandalous lifestyle that he was living. He was one of those man whores who slept around with married women of all his bosses and that disappointed his father greatly. But because Willy did not want to loose another son he did whathe did to Biff he ignored the bad stuff and left what was not broken, for he feared if he spoke out he would loose another child and he would become just like Biff who resented him.
Therefore it can be said that Willy Loman's lies and neglect was the reasons why the relationship between his children and were destroyed.

Create a character sketch on the following characters and the dramatic significance in the play

Biff- is the oldest out of Linda and Willy Loman's 2 sons. He is basically a nomad and is fine by it. He holds no stable job, comes and goes as he pleases and loves the outdoors. But his lifestyle hurts his parents especially his father, because he wanted his children to live the American Dream, the life he taught them to be like, the reality of what he pretended to be. His significance in the play is to show the role of the prodigal son, who has roamed and wondered about and finds himself home. And to make his family happy and to make something out of himself and to make his father feel proud of him again.

Linda- is the best wife a man could ever want and have. She waits on her husband, supports him in whatever he does and she never questions, she's supportive of her family's decisions. she is strong. and is the one to help hold up the family. Her significance is to show the role of the mother to show how hard it is to keep a straight face when everything is wrong in her husband and sons. And to show that women are in fact the backbones in each family and how they pick up everything and literally help make things right and mend a family. Also how she gives up everything her dreams etc just for her family without a fuss, the true strength of a woman.

Happy- He is similar to his brother but different in a way. He is successful in holding a stable job in the world that his brother and father had difficulties in. he was a player when it came to the ladies, yet gullible when it came to his father's lies and blind to what the others around him saw and tried to explain to him but he couldn't see for himself. And the significance is to show that persons can have so much in regards to knowledge and be an educated dunce. For the fact that he may have a stable job, something his brother and father did not and needed but he did not have the real education or the true reality of the situation of how the world really is . the life lessons that his brother and father had to experience the true lessons of life.

Ben- He was rich, a successful business man and dead. his significance in the play was that only a small percentage lived the American Dream. And that you can not expect to come to riches like that. you have to take risks and explore and with time some luckier than others and faster than others.

Charley- he's loyal and understanding and a successful salesman. his significance was that others became successful by hard work and determination not instantaneously like some do. And no matter what happens he will help his friend in need and will always stick by him a true friend in need.

The Woman-she is a gold digger and her significance is that she only comes around when things are good and to give guys a good time to let them feel young then after draining them leave them.

Willy- He is a good father in a sense. He loves his children, but overlooks the bad things and important things that his children did especially Biff. He wanted to live the American Dream so much, that he lied to himself and his family to convince them that he was living the dream. And that same lie tore him apart and brought him to his downfall. His significance was that many men live a lie and try to live the American dream but, its the way the go about trying to be the American dream might even make u or break you and in this case it broke Willy.