DoaS Flashcards
“I have such thoughts I have such…”
Strange thoughts
“I’m tired to the…”
Death
“A melody is heard, played upon a…”
Flute
What does the melody of the flute tell of?
“Grass and trees and the horizon”
How is the landscape behind Willy’s home described as?
“Towering, angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides”
“Angry glow of…”
Orange
“___seeming home”
Fragile
“An air of the____clings to the place”
Dream - Suggests at the start of the play that the Willy is struggling to hold on to the AD. Willy is also barely “clinging on” to reality.
How is mobile concurrency described in the play?
“In the scenes of the past these boundaries are broken”
Linda has developed…
“An iron repression to her expectations of Willy’s behaviour”
“Massive _______ and little cruelties”
Dreams
How does Linda demonstrate her subserviance?
- By taking of Willy’s shoes
- She also rephrases her command to Willy as a question “Take an aspirin. Should I get you an aspirin?”
- Linda wants Willy to make the decision for her
What are the connotations of Willy’s name?
“Loman” translates loosely to “Low man”. Willy was never a tragic hero as he had no height from which to fall. According to Aristotle Poetics, a tragic hero is a protagonist of nobility.
How is Biff described when he was in High School?
“They used to follow him around”
“When he smiled… their faces lit up”
A quote for being trapped in the American Dream
“The way they boxed us in here. Bricks and Windows. Windows and Bricks” - entrapment of the AD
