Critics Flashcards
Irving Jacobson
” Willy does not have the intelligence to scrutinize and come to an understanding of his condition
Leonard Moss
” Willy chooses death as a last attempt to reestablish his self-confidence and family integrity not just to escape from shame “
Raymond Reno
“The action of the play lies in Willys efforts to regain the worship Biff once gave him”
Terry Otten
“Willy is a childlike victim of the cultural values he adopts virtually without question “
Christopher Bigsby
” It is not the truth, but Willy’s commitment to illusion that kills him “
Jessica Tracy + Richard Robins
” Willy’s search for fame, fortune and admiration is the hallmark of his identity “
Guerin Bilquez
” To overlook the part she plays in her husband’s pathetic downfall is to miss one of the most profound levels in Millers subtle structuring of his tragedy “
Arthur Miller
” Willy cannot bear reality and since he can’t do much to change it, he keeps changing his ideas of it “
Arthur Miller
” A tragic hero is one who is willing to lay down his life to secure his sense of personal dignity “
Arthur Miller
” The play is a love story between a father and a son
Eleanor Clarke
” It is of course the brutal capitalist system that has done Wily “
Arthur Miller
” i believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy as kings are “
- link to ‘tragedy of a common man’
Dennis Welland
” Willy’s repression of the past is a barrier to maturity and ego-development “
Sheila Huftel
” Willy fell only from an imagined height “
Barclay Bates
” Death of a salesman is about the triumph of the present over the past “
