nounces him in front of the girls in the restaurant: "No, that's not my father. He's just a guy." (p.39). An added irony can be found in the attendance in Willy's funeral as Linda is bewildered and wants to know "[w]hy didn't anybody come?. . . But where are all the people he knew? " (p.47)
             An ironic contrast to the sentiments the boys express is the love they feel for their father-a residuum of their childhood adoration of him. Biff's love for his father is the basis for the deep resentment he feels towards him. His disappointment over his father's indiscretions is what causes the conflicts between the two. Nevertheless, when miss Forsythe rejects the notion
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