Male Expectations
The Effects of Male Expectations
Male expectations are ever present in our world creating an adverse effect on men making them feel inferior if they are unable to succeed financially. Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman explicitly shows just how harmful these expectations can be to a person and their families. The main character in the play Death of a Salesman Willy Loman is greatly affected by these male expectations. The man is expected to not only support his family but must also be able to climb to the top of the corporate ladder. Willy's inability to succeed financially as expected from society in turn affects his two sons Biff and Happy and his loving wife Linda.
Willy's oldest son Biff is the most affected by his father's failures. Biff is more affected by his father's failure to his mother than his father's financial failures. Biff's whole life is ruined when he finds out that his father is cheating on his mother after all she has done for him. When Biff......
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