Death of a salesman Flashcards
Quotes for Materialism
“Listen to this. I had it at home last night. Listen to what I picked
Up”- Boss ignoring Willy and showing him a machine- cares more about the machine then him
you end up worth more dead than alive.”- Willy
“We’re free.”- only free after he dies (free from debt)
Quotes for Abandonment/ isolation
“You invite him for dinner”…”and then you desert him there”-Linda
“I’ve got nobody to talk to”- Willy
“An air of the dream clings to the place, a dream rising up out of reality”
Quotes for Betrayal
“Will you stop mending stockings?”- Willys guilty conscious for giving his affaire stockings while Linda is trying to fix hers
Quotes for Family
“She more than loves him, she admires him”
Quotes for Mythic figures
Compares Biff and Happy to greek figures- “Adonis” and “Hercules”
Quotes for Nature
‘The grass doesn’t grow anymore, you can’t raise a carrot in the backyard.’- the cause of Capitalism?
“They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting down those down.”
Quotes for Identity
“Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be?”- said by Biff,“I don’t know what the hell I’m workin’ for- Happy
“Because I know he’s a fake- Biff”
Quotes for Death
“I’m tired to death.”