Although Act I, Scene 12 ends amicably, the only reason Biff and Willy are no longer fighting is because it is bedtime. This first scene seems very promising because things appear to be working out. Biff calls Linda, and she tells him Willy removed the rubber pipe, but Biff informs her that he got rid of the pipe himself.Ī shift takes place between Act I and Act II. He instructs Linda again to quit repairing her stockings. Willy is supposed to meet Biff and Happy at Frank's Chop House for a surprise dinner.

Willy reminisces about the house and the work he put into it during the last 25 years. Linda points out that the mortgage will be paid in full after this month. He complains about the Studebaker, as well as the refrigerator. Willy's mood changes, and he becomes angry. Linda reminds Willy to request an advance because there is not enough money to pay the bills. Willy is convinced that everything is getting better, and he feels certain Howard will give him a job in New York. Willy dreams of growing vegetables, moving to the country, and building two guest houses for the boys and their wives. Willy is excited and confident that Biff will obtain the money and finally be successful. Biff has gone to borrow money from Bill Oliver so he can open the sporting goods line. Biff and Happy have already gone, and Linda serves Willy breakfast. Linda ends the play saying, 'we are free'.Act II begins the next morning.

Biff realizes that his father's life and focus were on the wrong dream, and he goes back to the ranch, determined to find happiness in his work. Willy's delusions get the best of him, and he kills himself in a car crash to provide his family with the $20,000 of insurance money.Īt Willy’s funeral, Happy vows to prove that his father's life was not in vain and continues in the sales business. While at dinner, Willy becomes upset and leaves. In an attempt help their father, Happy and Biff take Willy out to dinner. Instead of being transferred to the New York office, he is fired.

With his sons visiting and urging him to speak to his boss about his job, Willy gets up the nerve to ask for a transfer. Set in New York City in 1949, Willy, the protagonist, is a traveling salesman his wife, Linda, is a stay at home mother and his two sons, Happy and Biff, have grown up but have 'yet to make something of themselves.'ĭuring many flashbacks the audience is introduced to Willy's early life: His dreams, disillusionment, infidelity, and disappointments with being mediocre.

Act two death of a salesman script