Death of a Salesman 7

While Willy might have thought that his final actions were going to noble because they would give his family more than he was able to give while he was alive, and it would be an opportunity to help Biff make something of him self, almost all of Willy's actions thought out the book, including his last, show signs of weakness. Willy was in general a weak man. When he was having his spirts of confidence you might have not been able to tell that he was weak, but if one thing changed, his other side would come out quickly. The reason he lied so much about him self and his family was because he was weak and he tried his best to hide it by making up lies to make everyone around him sound better than they actually were. These last actions were especially weak because he was just taking the easy way out of things even though he thought it would "help everyone" just because he would be giving them a whole bunch of money. Now his whole family will be morning his loss, missing him, and blaming themselves for the rest of their lives. No amount of money is worth that ever. Willy was swayed easily by Ben's comments. When Biff began to cry, everyone thought everything was going to get back to normal, and Willy was somewhat happy again, and then when Ben started talking about how much progress Biff would make if he had the insurance money, there was no stopping him.