DOAS Flashcards
the j…
“The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy.”
Ben
a small…
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.” linda
you cant..
“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.” willy
sometimes…
“Sometimes…it’s better for a man just to walk away.
But if you can’t walk away?
I guess that’s when it’s tough.” - charley/ willy
i don’t say…
“I don’t say he’s a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He’s not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.” linda
be loving…
“Be loving to him. Because he’s only a little boat looking for a harbor.” linda
pop…
“Pop, I’m nothing! I’m nothing, Pop. Can’t you understand that? There’s no spite in it any more. I’m just what I am, that’s all.” - biff
a man…
“A man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime.”
about biff, linda
figure it…
“Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there’s nobody to live in it.”
- willy
I don’t want
I don’t want change, I want Swiss cheese!” - willy
i am…
“I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!”
i get here
“I get here, and I don’t know what to do with myself. I’ve always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I’ve done is to waste my life”
biff
when i
“When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich.”
ben
they dont…
“They don’t need me in New York. I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New England.”
willy
ive got…
“I’ve got to get some seeds. I’ve got to get some seeds, right away. Nothing’s planted. I don’t have a thing in the ground.”
willy
