BIFF: You fake! You phony little fake! You fake! (Overcome, he turns quickly and weeping fully goes out with his suitcase. Willy is left on the floor on his knees.)
WILLY: I gave you an order! Biff, come back here or I’ll beat you! Come back here! I’ll whip you!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 2. Reality brutally hits a disillusioned younger Biff as he erupts into anger at the father he looked up to for betraying his wife and family with his sexual affair. Also suggested is Willy’s violent side when he threatens to beat and whip his son. We see here a turning point in the play and a disastrous deterioration of the relationship between father and son. Biff loses all respect for Willy.