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
What does Willy say that he can’t “raise in the backyard”?
A carrot
What does Willy say that he can’t “raise in the backyard”?
“My foundation and my support”
WILLY: “I’m tired to the ____ I ________ make it. I just ________ make it, Linda.”
Death
Couldn’t x2
WILLY: “Biff Loman is ______. In the __________ country in the world a young man with such - personal _______________, gets lost.”
Lost
Greatest
Attractiveness
“WILLY: [To BIFF] Coach will probably __________ you on your ___________!”
Congratulate
Initiative - Willy dismisses the fact that Biff stole
WILLY: “Oh, I’ll knock ‘em dead next week. I’ll go to ________. I’m very well _________ in ___________. You know, the ___________ is, Linda, people don’t seem to take to me.”
Hartford
Liked
Hartford
trouble
“He’s not to be ______________ to fall into his grave like an old _____. Attention, attention must __________ be paid to such a man.”
Allowed
Dog
Finally
“Start off with a __________ of your good ___________ to lighten things up. It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it - because ____________ always wins the day.”
Couple
Stories
Personality
“They don’t need me in New York. I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New England.”
The blunt lyricism in the repetition of “New” reflects a sense of stuttering diction.
