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    Willy enters the house as Biff and Happy are talking to Linda. Linda criticizes Biff's disrespectful behavior towards Willy. When Willy overhears, he defends himself to Biff, claiming he was well-respected in his business. Biff jokingly dismisses Willy's claims, angering him. Willy yells at both Biff and Linda, contradicting his earlier statements about struggling in his job, before demanding Biff respect him. The interaction highlights the strained relationship and Willy's fragile self-image in contrast to his glorified memories of the past.

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    Willy enters the house as Biff and Happy are talking to Linda. Linda criticizes Biff's disrespectful behavior towards Willy. When Willy overhears, he defends himself to Biff, claiming he was well-respected in his business. Biff jokingly dismisses Willy's claims, angering him. Willy yells at both Biff and Linda, contradicting his earlier statements about struggling in his job, before demanding Biff respect him. The interaction highlights the strained relationship and Willy's fragile self-image in contrast to his glorified memories of the past.

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    Willy enters the house as Biff and Happy are talking to Linda. Linda criticizes Biff's disrespectful behavior towards Willy. When Willy overhears, he defends himself to Biff, claiming he was well-respected in his business. Biff jokingly dismisses Willy's claims, angering him. Willy yells at both Biff and Linda, contradicting his earlier statements about struggling in his job, before demanding Biff respect him. The interaction highlights the strained relationship and Willy's fragile self-image in contrast to his glorified memories of the past.

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    Dialectal Journal For Death of A Salesman

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    Willy enters the house as Biff and Happy are talking to Linda. Linda criticizes Biff's disrespectful behavior towards Willy. When Willy overhears, he defends himself to Biff, claiming he was well-respected in his business. Biff jokingly dismisses Willy's claims, angering him. Willy yells at both Biff and Linda, contradicting his earlier statements about struggling in his job, before demanding Biff respect him. The interaction highlights the strained relationship and Willy's fragile self-image in contrast to his glorified memories of the past.

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    Soni Ali Period 1st Dialectical Journal: This Commentary is over Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller in Act 1 page

    61-62.

    Synopsis: -Biff and Happy come downstairs while Willy is taking a walk outside -Linda speaks to Biff about the way he is with his father and about the downhill health of his father -Biff is surprised and agrees to seek change to help his father - Linda criticizes Biff for the disrespect he gives to his father, Biff replies with negative comments towards him and Willy listens in on some of it. Significant scene: Willy walks in from the entrance of the house, at left. WILLY: Even your grandfather was better than a carpenter. Pause. They watch him. You never grew up. Bernard does not whistle in the elevator. I assure you. BIFF, as though to laugh Willy out of it: Yea, but you do, Pop. WILLY: I never in my life whistled in an elevator! And who in the business world thinks Im crazy? BIFF: I didnt mean it like that, Pop. Now dont make a whole thing out of it, will ya? WILLY: Go back to the West! Be a carpenter, a cowboy, enjoy yourself! LINDA: Willy, he was just saying WILLY: I heard what he said! HAPPY: trying to quite Willy: Hey, Pop, come on now . . . WILLY, continuing over Happys line: They laugh at me, heh? Go to Filenes, go to the Hub, go to Slatterys, Boston. Call out the name Willy Loman and see what happens! Big shot! BIFF: All right, Pop. WILLY: Big! BIFF: All right! Detailed Commentary: This extract begins with WILLY: Even your grandfather . . . on page 61 in Act 1. This scene is before Biff tells Willy that he plans to speak with Oliver about business, something Willy always wanted his son to go into. This scene shows the audience the present relationship between Willy and his sons, something that greatly opposes the reminiscences Willy has about them when they were much younger. Willys tone in this extract is more of a defending one towards his sons; the audience perceives it as if Willys reputation in the eyes of his sons has been downgraded. Willy tells Biff to Call you the name Willy Loman and see how high of a rank he has, as if he is trying to prove to his sons that he remains the man they thought of so highly back in the day. The tone of Biff in this extract is greatly disrespectful towards his father, joking around with him, but knowing that his father does not take the subject lightly. This side of Willy also greatly contrasts with him when he and his sons were younger. This is shown through his comment about Bernard who he states that Bernard does not whistle in the elevator . . . giving a high rank to the boy he previously thought would not be well-liked and less successful then Biff. The change from his memories of the past to what presently he is living is not what he expected. Also, the response he gives to Linda in this conversation with his sons shows the anger within him, and his temper towards his wife. Later on, in the same conversation Willy will continue to yell at Linda for interrupting or making any comments. This shows the little respect he gives his wife, something he gets back from Biff. The contradiction in Willy is shown again when he tells his son to go to Filenes, go to the Hub, go to Slatterys Boston [and] call out the name Willy Loman . . . Just previously he told his wife that the people laugh at him and his old customers that gave him great respect are now all dead or retired. His ability to tell his wife the truth and yet tell his sons the complete opposite shows the internal problem within Willy. His satisfied past is now different from his business in the future, but he cannot lower his self-esteem by telling his sons the hardships he has in the present.

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