Death of a Salesman Quotations Flashcards
Willy’s exhaustion
“his exhaustion is apparent”
setting of the domestic tragedy
“towering angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides”
“small, fragile-seeming home”
Willy’s mental confusion
“I can’t seem to keep my mind to it”
“I absolutely forgot I was driving”
“I have such thoughts I have such strange thoughts”
Willy’s contradictions
“Biff is a lazy bum”
There’s one thing about Biff, he’s not lazy
Linda’s sacrifices/strengths of her character
“she more than loves him she admires him”
“she is taking of his shoes”
Willy’s mismatch with his environment, his job, his life and his current identity as a salesman
“there’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made”
BIFF
“The man didn’t know who he was”
BIFF
Willy mistreats Linda
“Stop interrupting”
“Will you let me talk?”
“laughter of a woman”
Stage Directions
Extent of damage caused by the illusion
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stage directions setting the tone
and Willy’s connections to nature and his past
“a melody…played upon a flute… small and fine…. telling of grass and trees and the horizon”
Stage directions
Happy seclusion and desire for his father’s attention
“I’m losing weight, you notice pop”
Willy’s worship of his sons
“built like Adonises”
