Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller :: Papers

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller In every family social unit or household there argon roles that each outgrowths have to play. These are there so that each person knows what is expected of them and what to expect from opposite people. They can be basic roles such as the housework, for example bingle of a housewifes roles would be to keep the house clean. Or they can be less obvious, for example always be available to offer steamy support and being a friendly shoulder to cry on. These vary roles within a group of people can be prize and discussed by the members, overt, or it can be that the members themselves dont even realise they constitute or that any of these roles are assigned to them within the family group, covert. The roles that each member plays can be dependant on several things, for instance age, experience, evoke or even the job that they do. Over time these have changed. In past the roles were rigid and ascribed. Women were expec ted to be housewives and mothers and men to be the breadwinners being able to support their family financi anyy. Nowadays these narrow down roles have become to a greater extent blurred and conjugal roles in particular are often joint. even so in the 1950s we have to remember that the roles within the family were somewhat archaic and traditionalistic compared to todays society. Biff has several roles like all the members of the Loman family. As an elder chum salmon to Happy he offers him advice and help. The two of them get on very closely and have a good relationship. We see this at the start of achievement I when the two boys are in their bedroom. They talk candidly and with ease sharing a laugh and joke. They have grown up unitedly and Biff has always supported his brother and helped him out, we learn this from when Biff set Happy up with a girl for his first time. He is a good brother to Happy. Biffs other roles in the family are mostly all se t by Willy his father.