Analysis Of The Ending Of "Death Of A Salesman"

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while having a
conversation with a ghost from the past, he continues to lie to himself by
saying that his funeral will be a big event [2], and that there will be
guests from all over his former working territory in attendance. Yet as was
to be expected, this is not what happens, none of the people he sold to
come. Although perhaps this wrong foretelling could be attributed to
senility, rather than his typical self-deception [5]. Maybe he has
forgotten that the "old buyers" have already died of old age. His imagined
dialogue partner tells him that Biff will consider the impending act one of
cowardice. This obviously indicates that he himself also thinks that it's
very probable that Biff will hate him even more for doing it, as the
presence of "Ben", a man whom he greatly admires for being a successful
businessman, is a product of his own mind. But he ignores this knowledge
which he carries in himself, and goes on with his plan.

After this scene, Biff, who has decided to totally ...

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