ecome virtually unnecessary now that the two sons have moved out. It isn't until after Willy's death that the final mortgage payment is made.for a house with no one inside it. The one example of this statement is given by Linda during the final paragraph of the play, "I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there will be nobody home. We're free and clear.we're free.we're freewe're free" As the plot thickens, Willy the salesman plummets deeper and deeper into depression until his most likely route of action, which of course is suicide. However the reasoning behind this course of action, we find, is his genuine love for his family, along with Willy's deep longing to supply his family with as much money as he can possibly get his hands on. As we learn more about Willy's trials and tribulations, the age old expression "like father like son" appears out of nowhere like a beacon. Like his father, Willy's son Biff also has some problems of his own, the main one being that Biff cannot seem to find his niche in life. Furthermore, we are told that Biff at one point did in fact have his future all planned out. It turns out that Biff was a shoe-in for a position on the University Of Virginia State football team. However, that chance was all but lost when Biff did not qualify to pass his final mathematics course. Now as you can imagine the fact that Biff had to explain this to his father was quite a large problem in itself. But to add insult to injury, when Biff made the trip to Boston to explain his mathematical dilemma, he is horrified to find that his father has been with another women. And this one incident would leave Biff being an entirely different person altogether. He didn't even make an attempt to finish his math in summer school. After Boston, Biff couldn't have cared less what happened to his own life. However, as is in life, out of something horrible comes something worthy. And Biff finally comes to the reali...
