Miller

Question 1

Willy’s illusions

Answer 1

“be liked and you will never want”
“I’ve got to get some seeds, right away”
“you can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel - a man is not a piece of fruit”

Question 2

Wily’s mental instability

Answer 2

“the woods are burning”
“it’s alright, I came back”
“suddenly realising he is alone”

Question 3

Willy’s legacy

Answer 3

“when he died, hundreds of salesmen were at his funeral”
“there’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made”
“He had the wrong dreams, all wrong”

Question 4

Willy and the American Dream

Answer 4

“Thank almighty god you’re both built like Adonises”
“He’s liked but he’s not well liked”
“I don’t need it anymore”
“no,no, some people - some people accomplish something”
“the trouble is he’s lazy goddamit” –> “He’s not lazy”

Question 5

Pathos for Willy

Answer 5

"worth more dead than alive"
"kind of temporary about myself"
"(exhaustion is apparent)" 
"tired to death"
"I got nobody to talk to"
"finally paid for them, they're used up"

Question 6

Willy resistant to change

Answer 6

“what do you do with it?”
“the way they boxed us in here” “windows and bricks”
“I don’t want change! I want swiss cheese”

Question 7

Willy’s violent tendencies

Answer 7

“(strikes Biff)”
“I’ll whip him! I’ll whip him!”
“Goddam you, put up your hands”
“cracked him right across the face”

Question 8

Linda is a pushover

Answer 8

“(has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behaviour)”
“the woman has waited and the woman has suffered”
“WILLY (Going right through her speech)”
“I’m not your maid anymore”

Question 9

Linda’s femininity

Answer 9

“just mending my stockings. They’re so expensive”

“they’ve got the biggest ads of any of them”

Question 10

Linda loves Willy

Answer 10

“attention, attention must finally paid to such a person”
“he’s a human being and something terrible is happening to him”
“I won’t have anyone making him feel unwanted and low and blue”

Question 11

Linda enables the tragedy

Answer 11

“the handsomest man in the world”
“few men are idolised by their children”
“You’re my foundation and my support Linda”

Question 12

Linda at the funeral (pathos)

Answer 12

"he was so wonderful with his hands"
"we're free... we're free" 
"Help me"
"Willy dear, I can't cry"
"but where are all the people he knew"
"I made the last payment on the house today... there'll be nobody home"

Question 13

Linda and reality

Answer 13

“I put it back where it was. How could I insult him that way?”
“He’s so handsome in that suit”
“why are you fighting?”
“why must everyone conquer the world? You’re well liked, and the boys love you”

Question 14

The woman’s character

Answer 14

“I picked you”
“No! Come on in! (He pulls her)”
“will you stop laughing?” “(Linda’s laughing blends in)”
“you are the saddest, self-centredest soul I ever did see-saw”

Question 15

The woman’s plot relevance

Answer 15

“why didn’t you answer?”

“you - you gave her mama’s stockings!”

Question 16

Uncle Ben is Willy’s idol

Answer 16

“(utterly certain of his destiny)”
“you can fight for a fortune up there!”
“with a moustache”

Question 17

Wily’s end speech

Answer 17

“that funeral will be massive!”
“that boy will be thunderstruck”
“I see it like a diamond, shining in the dark”

Question 18

Uncle ben is a bad influence

Answer 18

“never fight fair with a stranger boy”
“the jungle is dark but full of Diamonds”
“a diamond is rough and hard to the touch”
“Do you think I’m right? I value your advice”
“time, William, time”

Question 19

Adult Bernard

Answer 19

“our second” son (masculine)
“the supreme court! And he didn’t even mention it!”
“I value your advice”
“(small and alone) what- what’s the secret?”

Question 20

Child Bernard

Answer 20

“don’t be a pest Bernard”
“(earnest and loyal)”
“he’s gotta study”

Question 21

Miss Forsythe

Answer 21

“(a little archly) I have been”

“oh, a lot of them”

Question 22

letta

Answer 22

“Isn’t he cute?”

“I think it’s sweet you bring your daddy along”

Question 23

Stanley

Answer 23

“I coulda been dead by now”

“because a family business… that’s the best”

Question 24

Howard Wagner

Answer 24

“this is no time for false pride, Willy”
“so you tell your maid to turn the radio on”
“(barely interested)”
“your father cam to see me the day you were born and asked me what I thought of the name Bernard”

Question 25

Happy is manipulative

Answer 25

“Biff is quaterback with the new york giants”
“ought to be on a magazine cover”
“you and your lousy, rotten whores!”

Question 26

Happy and women

Answer 26

“trouble is, it gets like bowling… knocking ‘em over and it doesn’t mean anything”

“I went and ruined her” “third executive I’ve done that to” “Isn’t that a crummy characteristic?”

Question 27

Happy is a dreamer

Answer 27

still, goddamit, I’m lonely”
“I can outbox, outrun and outlift anybody”
“I have to take orders from these common, petty, sons of bitches”
“I’m carrying the helmet”

Question 28

Happy’s place in his family

Answer 28

“No, that’s not my father. He’s just some guy”
“I’m losing weight, you notice pop?”
“(cutting happy off)”
“(stands on the bottom step, watching)”

Question 29

Happy lives the illusion

Answer 29

“old honour, and comradship”
“I’m going to show you and everyone else that Willy Loman did not die in vain”
“the trouble with you in business is that you never tried to please people”

Question 30

Biff tries to embrace reality

Answer 30

“we’ve been talking in a dream for 15 years”
“let’s hold on to the facts for tonight pop”
“trouble is we weren’t brought up to grub for money”
“he’s always, always wiped the floor with you”
“I realised what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been”

Question 31

Biff is flawed/ steals

Answer 31

“the scum of the earth, and you’re looking at him”
“I stole a suit in Kansas city and I was in jail”
“(laughing with him)”

Question 32

Biff’s relationship with Willy (positive)

Answer 32

“you’ve just seen a prince walk by. A fine, troubled prince”

“A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away”

Question 33

Biff’s relationship with Willy (negative)

Answer 33

“You fake! You phony little fake!”
“you had to go and flunk math”
“You’re no good. You’re no good for anything”

Question 34

Biff’s failure and struggle

Answer 34

"measly manner of existence"
"Jesus... help him... help me, help me"
"a philandering bum"
"Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing pop"
"wore them everyday" --> "burned them up in the furnace"

Question 35

Biff had potential

Answer 35

“I hate this city and I’ll stay here”
“I swear to god” Biff, his life is in your hands”
“you got all kinds a greatness”
“The way they obey him!”

Question 36

Biff and Linda

Answer 36

“Don’t yell at her pop, will ya?”

“I don’t like you yelling at her all the time”

Question 37

Biff as a child

Answer 37

“if he just saw the kind of man you are”
“that Ebbetts field game”
“this is the greatest day of his life!”
“too rough with the girls”

Question 38

Charley is a good friend

Answer 38

“you’re the only friend I got”
“here, pay your insurance”
“Basketball in this weather?”

Question 39

Charley is wise

Answer 39

“what the hell is goin’ on in your head?”
“nobody’s worth nothin dead”
“the jails are full of fearless characters”

Question 40

Charley on salesmen

Answer 40

“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”

“a salesman is got to dream boy”

Question 41

Willy’s illusions about his work

Answer 41

“averaged £170 a week”
“otherwise I woulda broke records”
“I got important contacts”

Question 42

Willy’s contradictions

Answer 42

“why am I always being contradicted?”
“Don’t say Gee. Gee is a boys word” –> “Gee whiz!”
“I’m not interested in stories about the past”