This desire is also one that has become present in Biff, who, unable to find a ‘real’ job in New York, moved out West and became a drifter working on ranches. After moving back home temporarily, Biff expresses his ideas of moving back out West with his brother. “Sure, maybe we could buy a ranch,” he suggests to Happy. “Raise cattle, use our muscles. Men built like us should be working out in the open” (23). They feel confined by the materialistic and career-restricting lifestyle of the city. WIlly’s most obvious exhibition of this desire, however is shown through his hallucinogenic visions of his brother Ben, who made a fortune in the goldmines of Alaska and Africa. He states his regrets early on about not joining his brother on his expeditions, and idolizes and envies Ben for being the brave and successful man that he could not be. Most of the visions of Ben are merely figments of WIlly’s imagination and therefore represent Willy’s subconscious ambitions. This is best represented when Ben says “You’ve got a new continent at your doorstep, William. Get out of these cities, they’re full of talk and time payments and courts of law. Screw on your fists and you can fight for a
This desire is also one that has become present in Biff, who, unable to find a ‘real’ job in New York, moved out West and became a drifter working on ranches. After moving back home temporarily, Biff expresses his ideas of moving back out West with his brother. “Sure, maybe we could buy a ranch,” he suggests to Happy. “Raise cattle, use our muscles. Men built like us should be working out in the open” (23). They feel confined by the materialistic and career-restricting lifestyle of the city. WIlly’s most obvious exhibition of this desire, however is shown through his hallucinogenic visions of his brother Ben, who made a fortune in the goldmines of Alaska and Africa. He states his regrets early on about not joining his brother on his expeditions, and idolizes and envies Ben for being the brave and successful man that he could not be. Most of the visions of Ben are merely figments of WIlly’s imagination and therefore represent Willy’s subconscious ambitions. This is best represented when Ben says “You’ve got a new continent at your doorstep, William. Get out of these cities, they’re full of talk and time payments and courts of law. Screw on your fists and you can fight for a