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
Work a …
“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!”
Every time I
“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
willy loman…
“Willy Loman did not die in vain…I’m gonna win it for him.”
after all…
“After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.”
willy
he’s liked
“He’s liked, but he’s not well liked.”
biff abt willy
biff…
biff is a lazy bum - willy
Don’t you feel well
I’m tired to the death
Euphemism
Angry
Angry glow of orange
We are aware of towering, angular shapes behind it surrounding it from all sides
S…
Silver athletic trophy biffs
S…
Silver athletic trophy biffs
I…
I hate this city and I’ll stay here - biff
We don’t
We don’t belong in this nuthouse of a city
A carpenter is allowed to whistle
Yearns for simplicity
Basketball idea reaction
That’s a one million dollar Idea!
We’d be out playing ball again…
Million dollar
Don’t say
Gee. Gee is a boys word. A man walking in to revive 15 million dollars does not say gee
Gee look at the moon moving between the buildings!
Act 2 opening stage direction
Linda is filling his cup with what she can
Will you stop
Mending stockings? At while I’m in the house it gets me nervous
In denial
I gave
You an order! How dare you cry
Can’t stand the idea of his son seeing him as imperfect
I gave
You an order! How dare you cry
Can’t stand the idea of his son seeing him as imperfect
We’re
We’re free… we’re free
Forgive me
Dear I can’t cry
It seems to me that you’re just on another trip
Did you
Plant dear - feeding his delusions
Did you
Plant dear - feeding his delusions
Millers father
Lost his business following the Wall Street crash
The financial
The financial strain took a. Psychological toll on marriages and fathers who could no longer provide for their families. The suicide rate reached an all time high in 1933
Bigsby
Women react rather than act
She reduced her own life to a single focus
In her own way she was just as obsessive as Willy klk
Willy loaman
Is not a great man but his tragedy is great
Atkinson
I made the last…
payment on the house today. today dear, and there will be no one home
you are
the handsomest man in the world
take an…
aspirin. should I get you an asprin? it’ss soothe you
maybe its your…
…glasses. you never went for your new glasses
linda constantly finding excuses for his actions, ignoring him mental health, shows her love, but double entendre, as she is blind/ unaware of his behaviour, she needs glasses
hes the dearest…
man in the world to me. i wont have anyone making him feel unwanted and low and blue
why must everyone
“Why must everybody conquer the world? You’re well liked and the boys love you…
a salesman
A salesman is got to dream, boy - charley
willy, when’re you
Willy, when’re you gonna realize that them things don’t mean anything. You named him Howard, but you can’t sell that. The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you’re a salesman, and you don’t know that - charley
william
acts coldly to him, imples willy views himself as inferior though bens eyes - ben
stage direction for house
small fragile seeming home
i can park
my car in any street in New England and the cops protect it like their own
