![]() ![]() Charley leaves, disgusted by his friend's foolish obstinacy. Charley, who is about to take a trip west, offers Willy a job overseeing his office in his absence, but Willy angrily refuses and continues discussing Ben reverently. Willy tells Charley that he has always regretted not taking his brother Ben's offer to go to Alaska, where Ben struck it rich. His ranting reminiscences are cut short when Charley comes by to see if everything is all right. Willy's musings take a darker turn as he frets about his lack of prosperity and the loneliness inherent in a life of constant travel. Willy reflects on how he brushed aside Biff's low grades in school, because he had earned a football scholarship, and that father and son enjoyed scoffing at Charley's whining, clingy son Bernard. Alone in the kitchen, Willy recalls his sons's enthusiasm whenever he returned from the road, and his promises of one day being more successful than his neighbor Charley and staying home for good. Happy explains to Biff that Willy's mind often wanders this way and worries that their father is losing his mind. He reminisces about Biff and his younger brother Happy as cheerful, energetic teenagers while Biff listens upstairs, deeply disturbed. Willy's pleasure at seeing Biff fades quickly and he bemoans his son's drifting, irresponsible life as a migrant farm worker. His wife Linda consoles him, while his eldest son Biff, who is home after a long absence, is suspicious about his father's early return. One evening on his normal New York route, traveling salesman Willy Loman turns back home, fearful of his inability to keep his car on the road. ![]()
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