The flute represents Willy's father. Willy's father left him as a child and Willy was left without any money or assets and without any legacy. This the cause for Willy making his own way in the world and creating his own American Dream. He is afraid of abandanment and wantsa his family with him at all times.
The flute also tells the reader that Willy is now having a flashback.
The ghost of Ben is the representation of succes and power that Willy wants to achieve and wants his boys to be familiar with. Ben is everything that Willy wants to be and feels resentment that he is the one trying to keep his family together. Willy fails to realize that Ben did not just wake up wealthy but that Ben worked hard for it.
Seeds represents Willy not being able to impact his pride seed, Biff, the way he intented.In Willy's eyes, Biff had all the potential in the world and should have been able to achieve Willy's American Dream. But when this hope becomes distant, Willy takes the failure personaly and as a mirror of his inability to guide as a father. Additinally, the seeds represnts Willy not being able to provide financially for his family. It is a source of shame and embarrasement for Willy to not be able to provide food for Linda and the boys. Mentally, Willy makes the unfortunate connection to his father as not being able to provide and be there for his sons.
The African Jungle represents Willy's failure as a business man. Ben became rich in the jungle and pains Willy when he thinks of their life in comparison. It also shows how Willy has created this depressing state for him and his family since he cannot compete with Ben's economic status and his own broken down conditions living in a Brooklyn apartment.
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