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Biff Loman Key Quotes Flashcards

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‘Biff is two years older than his brother…

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Happy, well built, but in these days bears a worn air and seems less self-assured.’

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‘He has suceeded less, and his…

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dreams are stronger and less acceptable than Happy’s.’

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‘Remember that big Betsy

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something - what the hell was her name - over on Bushwick Avenue?

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‘I got you…

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in there, remember?’

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‘Everything I say there’s a…

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twist of mockery on his face.’

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‘I don’t know - what…

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I’m supposed to want.’

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‘Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one…

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kind or another. And it’s a measly manner of existence.’

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8
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‘To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two-week vacation, when all you really…

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desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off. And always to have to get ahead of the next fella.’

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‘And whenever spring comes to where I am, I suddenly get the feeling, my God, I’m not gettin’…

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anywhere. What the hell am I doing, playing around with horses, twenty-eight dollars a week!’

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‘I’m thirty-four years old, I…

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oughta be makin’ my future.’

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‘And now, I get here, and…

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I don’t know what to do with myself.’

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‘Maybe I oughta get married…

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Maybe I oughta get stuck into something.’

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‘Maybe that’s my trouble. I’m like…

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a boy. I’m married, I’m not in business, I just - I’m like a boy’

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‘Why? You making…

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money, aren’t you?’

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‘Sure, maybe we could…

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buy a ranch. Raise cattle, use our muscles.’

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‘Men built like we are should…

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be working out in the open.’

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‘He put his arm on my shoulder, and he…

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said, ‘Biff, if you ever need anything, come to me.’

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‘I know he thought the world…

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of me, though. I was the only one he’d let lock up the place.’

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‘[A look of pain…

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crosses Biff’s face.]’

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‘[Young Biff and Young Happy appear from the direction Willy was…

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addressing. […] a sweater with a block ‘S’, carries a football.]’

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‘How’s that…

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Pop, professional?’

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22
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‘The coach told me…

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to practise my passing.’

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‘Gee, we were…

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lonesome for you.’

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24
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‘this Saturday - just for you, I’m…

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going to break through for a touch-down.’

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‘Oh, Pop, you didn’t see…

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my sneakers! [He hold up a foot for Willy to look at.]’

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‘He’s liked, but…

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he’s not well-liked.’

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27
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‘I think I’ll have them…

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sweep out of the furnace room.’

28
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‘Dye it again, will…

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ya? I don’t want my pal looking old.’

29
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‘Stop making excuses for him! He always…

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always wiped the floor with you. Never had an ounce of respect for you.’

30
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‘He’s got no character - Charley…

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wouldn’t do this. Not in his own house - spewing out that vomit from his mind.’

31
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‘People are worse off than…

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Willy Loman. Believe me, I’ve seen them!’

32
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‘Just don’t lay…

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it all at my feet.’

33
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‘I hate this…

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city and I’ll stay here.’

34
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‘[angrily]: That -

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jerk.’

35
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‘[angered]: Screw the…

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business!’

36
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‘[deciding]: Lend me ten…

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bucks, will ya? I want to buy some new ties.’

37
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‘She got grey. Mom got…

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awful old. Gee. I’m gonna go in to Oliver tomorrow and knock him for a-‘

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‘[Biff reaches behind the…

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heater and draws out a length of rubber tubing. He is horrified]’

39
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‘I - Hap, I took his…

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fountain pen.’

40
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‘He thinks I’ve been spiting…

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him all these years and it’s eating him up.’

41
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‘Why did I go? Why did I go? Look at…

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you! Look at what’s become of you!’

42
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‘I’m no good, can’t you…

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see what I am?’

43
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‘[at left, turning to her resentfully]: Miss Forsythe, you’ve just seen a prince walk by. A fine, troubled prince. A…

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hard-working, unappreciated prince. A pal, you understand? A good companion. Always for his boys.’

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‘Don’t you give a…

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damn for him, Hap?’

45
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‘You could…

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help him - I can’t.’

46
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‘Hap, help him! Jesus… help him…

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Help me, help me, I can’t bear to look at his face! [Ready to weep, he hurries out, up right.]’

47
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‘See, the reason he hates me, Pop - one day he was late for class so I got up at…

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the blackboard and imitated him. I crossed my eyes and talked with a lithp.’

48
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‘[Biff remains motionless…

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tears falling.]’

49
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‘Don’t touch…

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me, you - liar!’

50
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‘You fake! You phony…

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little fake! You fake! ‘

51
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‘I’m just not smart enough to make

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any sense out of it for you. To hell with whose fault it is or anything like that.’

52
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‘This isn’t your fault; it’s…

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me. I’m the bum.’

53
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‘If I strike oil I’ll send…

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you a cheque. Meantime forget I’m alive.’

54
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‘I was hoping not…

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to go this way.’

55
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‘You know why I had no address for three months? I stole a…

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suit in Kansas city and I was in jail.’

56
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‘I stole myself out of…

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every good job since highschool!’

57
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‘I never got anywhere because you…

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blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody! That’s whose fault it is!’

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‘And in the middle of that office building, do you hear this? I stopped in the middle of that building and I… I saw the things that… And I looked at the pen and said to myself… Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be? What am I doing in an office, their… when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute… Why can’t I say that, Willy?’

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  • saw - the sky.
  • I love in this world. The work and the food and time to sit and smoke.
  • what the hell am I grabbing this for?
  • making a contemptuous,
    begging fool of myself,
  • I say I know who I am!
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‘Pop! I’m a dime…

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a dozen, and so are you!’

60
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‘I’m not bringing home any…

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prizes any more, and you’re going to stop waiting for me to bring them home!’

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‘[At the peak of his fury]: Pop, I’m nothing! I’m nothing, Pop. Can’t you…

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understand that? There’s no spite in it anymore. I’m just what I am, that’s all.’

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[Biff’s fury has spent itself, and he…

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breaks down, sobbing, holding onto Willy,]

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‘[crying, broken]: Will you let me go, for Christ’s sake? Will you take that phony…

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dream and burn it before something happens? [Struggling to contain himself, he pulls away and moves to the stairs]’

64
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‘How about it, Mom? Better get…

Requiem

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some rest, heh? They’ll be closing the gate soon.’

65
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‘He had the wrong…

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dreams. All, all, wrong.’

66
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‘He never knew…

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who he was.’

A Level English Literature (81 decks)

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