Betrayal
‘I won’t have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!”
The plot of Death of a Salesman is linked together with the theme of betrayal. There are many cases of betrayal, including disloyalty to Linda’s love, Biff’s betrayal of his ambitions and his boss firing him. Although Willy Lowman is the major betrayer, he is occupied by the fear of betrayal.
Willy’s affair with The Woman was a major turning point, as not only was he disloyal to his wife, but the starting point of Biff distrusting him. The guilt of this returns to him in his flashbacks when he sees Linda mending her stockings.
Willy sees Biff’s failure in a business as a betrayal of his expectations. On the other hand, Biff feels betrayed when he discovers his father’s relationship with The Woman, and feels that Willy is a ‘phony little fake’ who has betrayed him with countless ego-stroking lies.
Finally, Willy feels that his boss had betraying him when he got fired, but Howard says that there’s no room for feelings of betrayal in the business world.
Willy’s affair with The Woman was a major turning point, as not only was he disloyal to his wife, but the starting point of Biff distrusting him. The guilt of this returns to him in his flashbacks when he sees Linda mending her stockings.
Willy sees Biff’s failure in a business as a betrayal of his expectations. On the other hand, Biff feels betrayed when he discovers his father’s relationship with The Woman, and feels that Willy is a ‘phony little fake’ who has betrayed him with countless ego-stroking lies.
Finally, Willy feels that his boss had betraying him when he got fired, but Howard says that there’s no room for feelings of betrayal in the business world.
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