Willy Fake Father

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The ideas and actions that someone’s superior provides can last a lifetime. This is a strong point in this play, with how Willy raises his children. Willy teaches them that the most important thing in life is to make people like you. His children are basically bums and outcasts from society. However, this is not their fault because their father teaches them the wrong things in life. Some people will not accept the fact that what they are doing is wrong and this is consistent with Willy throughout the play. Arthur Miller’s play is an amazing example of how a father’s actions can effect Biff throwing his life away, how Willy is a fake and Willy’s inability to receive help. A father and son relationship can be difficult at times and this is a main point between Willy and Biff. Willy believes that Biff could be a big football star in …show more content…
He is just a mediocre salesman who has only made outstanding sales in his imagination. Now that he is growing old and less productive, the company he spent his life with fires him. He attempts to make Biff and Happy get respect from people, but Willy himself can not even get it. Biff even tells Willy when he is in Boston that, "You fake! You phony little fake!”(Miller ). Willy shows that he is a fake by thinking of his life is wrong because of other people and that he has done nothing wrong. However, it is even more insufferable for Willy to accept the idea that he is a failure in his son's eyes. Willy shows he is a fake and is hurt hurt when his son finds out about the affair, “She’s nothing to me, Biff. I was lonely, I was terribly lonely.”(Miller ). Nothing hurts Willy more than his family thinking he is a failure in life. In reality, Willy is somewhat the failure of the family and he does not think of himself as this until later in the play. This is true about Willy being a fake, however his biggest flaw is his inability to receive help from

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in transporting the audience into the scene and making them fully immersed in what is going on. In scenes set in the present I would use a dim yellow lighting which in moments of tension, such as when Linda is telling Biff that she suspects that Willy is attempting to commit suicide. By having the edges of the stage in complete darkness, I would be able to foreshadow Willy’s demise as well as add a secretive mood to the scene. The light would be the darkest near the black outer edges of the stage…

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