Considering
that the historical setting of the play takes place in the late 1940's (circa 1949 when the play
was actually published) we could assume that, twelve years later, would make it 1961-1962, and
Biff would be 46 years of age. Happy would be somewhere around 44 years old.
Twelve years prior we find Biff finally living through the epiphany of understanding
that his life, up until his 34th year of age, had been a lie caused by Willy Loman's dreams. As
a result, Biff takes the initiative to end with the lies of his life and even break from the
curse of lies and deception that Willy Loman had brought into the family while he was
alive.
Will you let me go, for Christ's sake? Will you
take that phoney dream and burn it before something happens?
It is safe to assume that, since Biff chooses at Willy's funeral to break away from
his father's legacy, he may have very well moved away to go find himself. This time it would
have been...
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