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Willy\'s older brother, Ben left home at seventeen to find their father in Alaska, but ended up in Africa, where he found diamond mines and came out of the jungle at twenty-one an incredibly rich man. Although Ben died several weeks before the present time of the play, he often appears carrying a valise and umbrella in Willy\'s hallucinations. Ben represents the fantastic success for which Willy has always hoped but can never achieve, as well as the lost opportunities in Willy Loman\'s life.
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