Biff’s Internal Conflict Flashcards
Who? Biff Loman
When? During his final confrontation with Willy
Hint: Fool
”Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the second I say I know who I am!”
Who? Biff Loman
When? During his final confrontation with Willy
Hint: Prizes
”I’m not bringing home any prizes anymore and you’re going to stop waiting for me to bring them home!”
Who? Biff Loman
When? In conversation with Happy at the beginning of the play
Hint: Wasting
”I’ve always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I’ve done is to waste my life”
Who? Biff Loman
When? In conversation with Happy at the beginning of the play
Hint: Future
”I don’t know what the future is… what I’m supposed to want”
Who? Willy Loman
When? In reference to Biff stealing a football, in a regression early on in the play
2 Quotes
- ”Coach’ll probably congratulate you on your initiative”
- ”If someone else took the ball they’d be uproar”
Who? Willy Loman
When? At the beginning of the play, in reference to Biff
Hint: Money
”When did I lose my temper? I simply asked him if he was making any money. Is that a criticism?”
Who? Biff
When? Repeatedly, in reference to Willy
”A fake”
Who? Biff Loman
When? To Happy, in Frank’s Chophouse
”How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that I’d been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and- I realised what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. We’ve been talking in a dream for 15 years. I was a shipping clerk”
