Happy Loman
- Created by: MaggieNaylor
- Created on: 07-04-21 15:39
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- Happy Loman
- Young Happy
- Lives in Biff's shadow/is disregarded by his dad
- 'I'm losing weight, you notice Pop?'
- Seems to have grown more confident as he got older
- 'I think I got less bashful'
- Lives in Biff's shadow/is disregarded by his dad
- First impressions
- Extremely shallow, more so than Willy
- He is just after good times and women, not family
- 'But take those two tonight Biff, weren't they gorgeous creatures?'
- He is just after good times and women, not family
- Enjoys instant gratification
- 'And I still take it, and I love it!'
- Oblivious to the consequences of his actions
- Similar to Willy encouraging Biff's theft
- Extremely shallow, more so than Willy
- The embodiment of the worst aspects of Willy
- Delusional
- The Requiem
- Determined to live out his father's dreams
- 'I'm gonna win it for him'
- Determined to live out his father's dreams
- The Requiem
- The need to prove yourself to others
- His self worth is based of what others think of him
- 'I gotta show some of those pompous, self important executives over there that Hap Loman can make the grade'
- Self deceiving
- It is Happy who comes up with the 'Loman Line' sporting goods idea
- He plans to put on a 'couple of expeditions'
- He deceives himself with his wishful thinking
- He plans to put on a 'couple of expeditions'
- Happy's false optimism is so strong that Willy gets caught up with the hype
- It is Happy who comes up with the 'Loman Line' sporting goods idea
- Lying
- Both Willy and Happy accept lying as normal
- He tells Biff to tell Willy that Oliver is 'thinking it over'
- Happy accepts lying as even virtuous, as long as it serves a need
- He lies that Biff plays for the 'New York Giants'
- Delusional
- Betrayal
- In Act 2 Happy betrays Willy
- 'No that's not my father, thats just a guy'
- Similar to how Willy betrays his family with his affair
- Religious imagery
- Links to Peter denying Jesus three times
- In Act 2 Happy betrays Willy
- Young Happy
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