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In “Death of a Salesman,” Arthur Miller masterfully illustrates the mindset of the play’s disillusioned, turbulent characters. Although Willy Loman, a mediocre salesman for the Wagner company, is the salesman of the title it is his son, Biff, who provides the conflict which drives the play forward. He is an aging twenty-something with dreams of running a cattle ranch despite his father’s desire for him to become a successful businessman. Ultimately, it is the will of the heart that truly defines success. Before we can know Biff, we must know his progenitor. Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman of no real skill who based his entire career around a man he used to know (whose selling skills were far superior to Willy’s) before he died. When buy