It is Willy's infidelity that prompted the change in Biff, as he learned that his father was having an affair with the woman in Boston. Once again returning to the Loman family's past, Miller finally gives a full explanation for Biff's refusal to take a summer school course, the critical event that determined his chain of failures. Willy admits that he had a relationship with the woman, but claims that it means nothing to him, and that he was lonely. Willy tries to explain that the woman is a buyer, but Biff starts to cry. Willy throws the woman out, as she claims Willy promised to buy her a pair of stockings. Willy tells Biff that the woman is staying in the next room, which is being painted, so he let her take a shower in his room. Birnbaum, his teacher, to convince him to pass Biff.īiff hears the woman laugh, and she enters from the bathroom. It is Biff, who tells Willy that he flunked math. The knocking persists, and Willy tells the Woman to stay in the bathroom while he opens the door. The Woman claims that Willy ruined her, and that whenever he comes to the office she will make sure that he goes right through to the buyers. Someone knocks on the door, but Willy says he is not expecting anybody. Willy follows the Woman as he buttons his shirt.
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