WILLY: Oh, Biff! (Staring wildly.) He cried! Cried to me. (He is choking with his love, and now cries out his promise.) That boy – that boy is going to be magnificent!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 2. This is Willy’s reaction when Biff breaks down in tears and holds on to his father, pleading with him to let him go and see him for who he really is. Biff wants to opt out of Willy’s grandiose and deluded dreams of success he is trying to achieve through his son. Biff wants to follow his own different path in life. But Willy completely misunderstands his son and continues to deceive himself about him. He still views Biff as the young football hero he once was, who is destined for great success and is "going to be magnificent."