Death of a Saleman question

[downmaster]

Well I've thought about it for awhile and I would like some different views on it. What do you think happens to the rest of the Loman family after Willy dies?

[*Classic*Charm*]

Is this for school or interest's sake?

[downmaster]

interest, but it was because my school put on the play though.

[BienvenuJDC]

In my humble opinion, they just cope...
It's been many years since I saw TDoaS

[Babak Movahed]

It's difficult to say, Miller had quite a lot of different ideas going on in the play and someone watching could possibly notice one idea over another depending on who's doing the production. Personally though I feel like Happy begins to try and emulate Biff in his exploration of an outdoor life. Then I feel like Biff will stay behind and try to serve as the head of the household for Linda because it is clear he cares about his mother quite a lot and his mother throughout the entire play was taken care of by Willy, so without Willy, Biff becomes the only remaining man in her life that still cares.


Or who knows Linda can possibly fall in love with Charley! haha

[Gladys]

What do you think happens to the rest of the Loman family after Willy dies?

Charlie has lost a brother. With two feet on the ground he says of Willy, “a salesman is got to dream” though his life had “no rock bottom”.

Biff needs his dad but, wiser now, gets on with life, reconciled to his family.

Happy is frantically chasing a dream and, sadly, it’s Willie’s lethal American Dream.

Linda needs her husband but he’s dead. She is thankful that Willy died elated, achieving his dream in the only way possible. Since Willy didn’t see suicide as final, Linda keeps expecting him home and wrestles with the cruel paradox: success-through-suicide, life-within-death ... and cannot cry. Hence her wistful but double-edged, “We’re free…”

What's your view, Downmaster?

[dfloyd]

Biff gets a salesman's job selling ladies' girdles at Macy's. Willy's wife learns to play bridge and plays every Tuesday and Thursday at a senior citizen's center. Neither one thinks about Willy any more.

[Emil Miller]

Biff gets a salesman's job selling ladies' girdles at Macy's. Willy's wife learns to play bridge and plays every Tuesday and Thursday at a senior citizen's center. Neither one thinks about Willy any more.

Oh, how can you be so cruel?:hand: