personal attractiveness and of being well-liked. Willy exposed his children to this falsity and never admitted to himself that he was living a fantasy. He could no longer continue with his facade after the hotel scene with Biff.Interestingly, the falling action involves Biff and Willy. Late at night, in the yard Biff encounters Willy talking to his brother Ben. Again, this is an illusion since Ben is actually dead. Biff tries desperately to get Willy to accept the truth, that being how Biff is a constant failure and that Willy should forget him; that Biff is not a great leader but rather an ordinary man with no exceptional qualities. Frustrated, Biff begins to cry and pleads with Willy to forget him and to stop putting him on a pedestal. This spectacle is captured with interesting lighting (fragmented to give the appearance of leafs on the ground) and darkness (picturing this classic father/son moment in the yard is easy, a cool breeze and the sound of crickets). So much has happened in both mens' lives to bring them to this point, it is a very somber moment. But Willy stubbornly believes that if he could leave Biff with something tangible' ($20,000 life insurance policy) that Biff would amount to something.The play closes with a scene at Willy's grave. Linda is touching the freshly turned earth and wonders why no one came to see him. I believe this is a decisive moment for Linda, for she knows in her heart that Willy really was never anything special. It is clear and convincing that Willy was never well-liked, and that all of his dreams were bogus. It also underscores how Willy impressed upon his children the need for personal attractiveness, the lies and illusions are being perpetuated through his other son Happy....
