Who was it Pop? Who ever said I was a salesman with Oliver? Willy: Well you were … Willy: But you were practically. And a lot of instances- facts Pop, facts about my life came back to me. Now that Biff has had his realisation, he wants to be truthful with Willy: Biff: Yeah Oliver. I was a shipping clerk” He wants to tell his father: “Hap he’s got to understand that I’m not the kind of man…He thinks I’ve been spiting him all these years and its eating him up.” He wants to reassure Willy that he has not deliberately been making a mess of his lifeģ Happy He is like Linda- he wants to do anything ( tell lies) rather than upset Willy: “You just tell him something nice.” Biff is reluctant to lie because it will just lead to more and more lies and “will go on forever” We’ve been talking in a dream for fifteen years. “How the hell did I ever get the idea that I was a salesman there? I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.
Presentation on theme: 'Death of A Salesman Act Two Scene 6.'- Presentation transcript:īiff tries to tell Happy about the moment of revelation he had.