The name “Frank’s Chop House” can be seen as a symbol for a number of
things. First and foremost, it represents the idea of broken promises. The
first broken promise is made by Biff and Happy to their father, for a nice
dinner together at the restaurant. The audience sees that Happy and Biff
abandoned Willy at the restaurant as the two leave with some girls. Frank
Wagner makes the other broken promise, father of Howard Wager, the current head
of Willy’s sales agency. Frank had promised, in Willys mind, Willy a job at the
New York office, which never comes true.
The greater significance and symbol of the name is that Frank’s Chope
House represents the idea of business, especially its cutting, no-mercy, root.
Like meat in a butchers shop, people in the business world are like products,
only needed for certain parts and things. They are sold to make more money. In
the play, Howard gives Willy “the chop”, and we see that all past ties, like
how Willy “named” Howard or his relationship with Frank, is completely out of
the picture when it comes to business. Miller seems to be criticizing the harsh
business world and questions whether money is really more important than human
relationships through the use of the name “Frank’s Chop House.”
In many ways what Miller shows us about the business world being
ruthless holds true to today. We often hear about unethical conduct aimed at
gaining more money. Perhaps then Miller is suggesting that we reflect on the
way and why we conduct business in the first place… Should it be based on
service? Providing goods?
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