Most people find that a reacurrance of theme in a play or nevel can be developed through motif. In the play Death of a Salesman, the main theme of the American Dream is developed through a character's motif, they are the constand stealing of Biff, the image of the new stockings and the pattern of the Loman's car. One of the most prevealent problems in the play is Biff's constant stealing. These events occured many times through the play and they eventually led heart ache and pain. As a child, Biff stole a football from school. Willy, his father never thought anything of it. He just said "he has to practice doesn't he." All Willy wanted was for his son to follow the American