BIFF: There’ll be no pity for you, you hear it? No pity!
WILLY (to Linda): You hear the spite!
BIFF: No, you’re going to hear the truth – what you are and what I am!
LINDA: Stop it!
WILLY: Spite!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 2. Linda tries to reconcile father and son and take down the temperature. But to no avail – Willy and Biff are unable to reconcile. Willy is convinced that Biff is full of spite because he feels betrayed by Willy’s extra marital affair.