Biff Loman finally confronts his father, Willy, breaking through years of family delusions to admit his failures and his true identity. He desperately tries to make his father understand that they are both ordinary men who do not fit the 'great' lives Willy imagined for them.
BIFF: Pop! I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you! I am not a leader of men, Willy, and neither are you. You were never anything but a hard-working drummer who landed in the ash-can like all the rest of them! I'm one dollar an hour! Do you gather my meaning? I'm not bringing them home! Pop, I'm nothing!
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