I don’t know what gets into me, maybe I just have an overdeveloped sense of competition or something, but I went and ruined her, and furthermore I can’t get rid of her. And he’s the third executive I’ve done that to. Isn’t that a crummy characteristic? And to top it all, I go to their weddings!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. Happy, speaking to Biff, shows how selfish he is and how little respect he has for women. Confessing to sleeping with his boss’s fiance, he admits that he has done this to two other executives. To cap it all he appears proud of his conquests, boasting that he has even attended the weddings! Happy is only interested in his own gratification and has no sense of the hurt this causes to others.