death of a salesman Flashcards
willy gives biff a job
“I’ll get him a job selling. He could be big in no time”
Jungle
“Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he’s rich”
Commission
“I averaged a hundred and seventy dollars a week in commissions”
Hartford
“I’m very well-liked in Hartford”
dave Singleman
“He died the death of a salesman”
Be liked
“Be liked and you will never want”
Park car
“I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own”
Charlie
“charlie is not liked. He’s liked, but he’s not well-liked”
“Charlie you’re the only friend i got”
biff steals ball
“coach’ll probably congratulate you on your initiative”
20k
“outstanding with twenty thousand behind him”
Willy lies about Biff and Happy’s success
“they’re working on a very big deal”
dead or alive?
“end up worth more dead than alive”
Carrot
“you can’t even raise a carrot in the backyard”
willy has no seeds planted
“i have nothing in the ground”
Pen
“i took his fountain pen”
Ridiculous lie
“i realise what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been”
Dime
“I’m a dime a dozen and so are you”
“i am not a dime a dozen, i am Willy Loman”
phoney dream
“will you take that phoney dream and burn it before something happens”
Biff on Willy after death
“He never knew who he was”
“he had the wrong dreams. All all wrong”
Biff doesn’t want to become a theif
“why am i trying to become what i don’t want to be”
Jobs since high school
“i stole my self out of every good job since high school”
10minute
“we never told the truth for 10 minutes in this house”
Leader of men
“i am not a leader of men, willy, and neither are you”
hot air
“you blew me so full of hot air i could never stand taking orders from anybody”
