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1
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Willy’s illusions

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“be liked and you will never want”
“I’ve got to get some seeds, right away”
“you can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel - a man is not a piece of fruit”

2
Q

Wily’s mental instability

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“the woods are burning”
“it’s alright, I came back”
“suddenly realising he is alone”

3
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Willy’s legacy

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“when he died, hundreds of salesmen were at his funeral”
“there’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made”
“He had the wrong dreams, all wrong”

4
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Willy and the American Dream

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“Thank almighty god you’re both built like Adonises”
“He’s liked but he’s not well liked”
“I don’t need it anymore”
“no,no, some people - some people accomplish something”
“the trouble is he’s lazy goddamit” –> “He’s not lazy”

5
Q

Pathos for Willy

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"worth more dead than alive"
"kind of temporary about myself"
"(exhaustion is apparent)" 
"tired to death"
"I got nobody to talk to"
"finally paid for them, they're used up"
6
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Willy resistant to change

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“what do you do with it?”
“the way they boxed us in here” “windows and bricks”
“I don’t want change! I want swiss cheese”

7
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Willy’s violent tendencies

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“(strikes Biff)”
“I’ll whip him! I’ll whip him!”
“Goddam you, put up your hands”
“cracked him right across the face”

8
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Linda is a pushover

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“(has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behaviour)”
“the woman has waited and the woman has suffered”
“WILLY (Going right through her speech)”
“I’m not your maid anymore”

9
Q

Linda’s femininity

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“just mending my stockings. They’re so expensive”

“they’ve got the biggest ads of any of them”

10
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Linda loves Willy

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“attention, attention must finally paid to such a person”
“he’s a human being and something terrible is happening to him”
“I won’t have anyone making him feel unwanted and low and blue”

11
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Linda enables the tragedy

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“the handsomest man in the world”
“few men are idolised by their children”
“You’re my foundation and my support Linda”

12
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Linda at the funeral (pathos)

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"he was so wonderful with his hands"
"we're free... we're free" 
"Help me"
"Willy dear, I can't cry"
"but where are all the people he knew"
"I made the last payment on the house today... there'll be nobody home"
13
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Linda and reality

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“I put it back where it was. How could I insult him that way?”
“He’s so handsome in that suit”
“why are you fighting?”
“why must everyone conquer the world? You’re well liked, and the boys love you”

14
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The woman’s character

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“I picked you”
“No! Come on in! (He pulls her)”
“will you stop laughing?” “(Linda’s laughing blends in)”
“you are the saddest, self-centredest soul I ever did see-saw”

15
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The woman’s plot relevance

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“why didn’t you answer?”

“you - you gave her mama’s stockings!”

16
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Uncle Ben is Willy’s idol

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“(utterly certain of his destiny)”
“you can fight for a fortune up there!”
“with a moustache”

17
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Wily’s end speech

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“that funeral will be massive!”
“that boy will be thunderstruck”
“I see it like a diamond, shining in the dark”

18
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Uncle ben is a bad influence

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“never fight fair with a stranger boy”
“the jungle is dark but full of Diamonds”
“a diamond is rough and hard to the touch”
“Do you think I’m right? I value your advice”
“time, William, time”

19
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Adult Bernard

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“our second” son (masculine)
“the supreme court! And he didn’t even mention it!”
“I value your advice”
“(small and alone) what- what’s the secret?”

20
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Child Bernard

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“don’t be a pest Bernard”
“(earnest and loyal)”
“he’s gotta study”

21
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Miss Forsythe

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“(a little archly) I have been”

“oh, a lot of them”

22
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letta

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“Isn’t he cute?”

“I think it’s sweet you bring your daddy along”

23
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Stanley

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“I coulda been dead by now”

“because a family business… that’s the best”

24
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Howard Wagner

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“this is no time for false pride, Willy”
“so you tell your maid to turn the radio on”
“(barely interested)”
“your father cam to see me the day you were born and asked me what I thought of the name Bernard”

25
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Happy is manipulative

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“Biff is quaterback with the new york giants”
“ought to be on a magazine cover”
“you and your lousy, rotten whores!”

26
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Happy and women

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“trouble is, it gets like bowling… knocking ‘em over and it doesn’t mean anything”

“I went and ruined her” “third executive I’ve done that to” “Isn’t that a crummy characteristic?”

27
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Happy is a dreamer

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still, goddamit, I’m lonely”
“I can outbox, outrun and outlift anybody”
“I have to take orders from these common, petty, sons of bitches”
“I’m carrying the helmet”

28
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Happy’s place in his family

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“No, that’s not my father. He’s just some guy”
“I’m losing weight, you notice pop?”
“(cutting happy off)”
“(stands on the bottom step, watching)”

29
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Happy lives the illusion

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“old honour, and comradship”
“I’m going to show you and everyone else that Willy Loman did not die in vain”
“the trouble with you in business is that you never tried to please people”

30
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Biff tries to embrace reality

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“we’ve been talking in a dream for 15 years”
“let’s hold on to the facts for tonight pop”
“trouble is we weren’t brought up to grub for money”
“he’s always, always wiped the floor with you”
“I realised what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been”

31
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Biff is flawed/ steals

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“the scum of the earth, and you’re looking at him”
“I stole a suit in Kansas city and I was in jail”
“(laughing with him)”

32
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Biff’s relationship with Willy (positive)

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“you’ve just seen a prince walk by. A fine, troubled prince”

“A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away”

33
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Biff’s relationship with Willy (negative)

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“You fake! You phony little fake!”
“you had to go and flunk math”
“You’re no good. You’re no good for anything”

34
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Biff’s failure and struggle

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"measly manner of existence"
"Jesus... help him... help me, help me"
"a philandering bum"
"Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing pop"
"wore them everyday" --> "burned them up in the furnace"
35
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Biff had potential

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“I hate this city and I’ll stay here”
“I swear to god” Biff, his life is in your hands”
“you got all kinds a greatness”
“The way they obey him!”

36
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Biff and Linda

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“Don’t yell at her pop, will ya?”

“I don’t like you yelling at her all the time”

37
Q

Biff as a child

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“if he just saw the kind of man you are”
“that Ebbetts field game”
“this is the greatest day of his life!”
“too rough with the girls”

38
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Charley is a good friend

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“you’re the only friend I got”
“here, pay your insurance”
“Basketball in this weather?”

39
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Charley is wise

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“what the hell is goin’ on in your head?”
“nobody’s worth nothin dead”
“the jails are full of fearless characters”

40
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Charley on salesmen

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“the only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you’re a salesman and you don’t know that”

“a salesman is got to dream boy”

41
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Willy’s illusions about his work

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“averaged £170 a week”
“otherwise I woulda broke records”
“I got important contacts”

42
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Willy’s contradictions

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“why am I always being contradicted?”
“Don’t say Gee. Gee is a boys word” –> “Gee whiz!”
“I’m not interested in stories about the past”