Willy Loman Monologue

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In the play Death of a Salesman, there was one part where Lind was talking to biff and she said “No. you can’t just come to see me, because I love him. He’s the dearest man in the world to me, and I won’t have anyone making him feel unwanted and low and blue. You’ve got to make up your mind now, darling, there’s no leeway any more. Either he’s your father and you pay him that respect, or else you’re not to come here. I know he’s not easy to get along with—nobody knows that better than me—but…” from this dialogue from Linda, it shows that she loved this man and she can’t live without him. She wanted to tell her son Biff that his father is a great man and not a crazy guy that Biff think he is. When Linda told Biff not to come see her and she won’t let anyone making him feel unwanted and low, she was saying it referring to Biff. …show more content…

“…I don’t say he’s a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being…” in this dialogue Linda wanted Biff to understand how Willy is a human being even though he is not the finest man in the world, but because of him they have a house to live in and money to buy food. they didn’t have to work and earn money because Willy had been taking care of the money problem. Linda was telling Biff how he need to pay respect to Willy if he’s in that house or he can get out if no respect for Willy. Disrespect to the man that have been raising him with the money he borrowed from people is not something that Linda can tolerate. Linda also mention how Willy is not easy to get along with pretty much telling you he’s a grumpy old man. Throughout this play Willy is a hard headed man and he won’t do things that are

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