Like a young god. Hercules – something like that. And the sun, the sun all around him. Remember how he waved to me? Right up from the field, with the representatives of three colleges standing by? And the buyers I brought, and the cheers when he came out – Loman, Loman, Loman! God Almighty, he’ll be great yet. A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. A manic Willy switches from depression to elation when son Biff tells him plan to ask former boss Bill Oliver for a loan to buy a ranch. Using similes to compare his son to a "young god" and "Hercules," Willy deceives himself that Biff is invulnerable to failure. Recalling Biff’s high school football hero days, he thinks that his son is too great to fail.