Opening scene - Willy's 1st daydream Flashcards
A melody is heard on a flute ‘it is _____ and _____ , telling of _____ and _____ and the _____’
“It is SMALL and FINE, telling of GRASS and TREES and the HORIZON”
What colour / light imagery is used around the houses?
‘blue light of the sky falls upon the house’ vs ‘surrounding area shows an angry glow of orange’
What does the light illuminate?
‘solid vault of apartment houses around the small, fragile seeming home’
SD; ‘An _____ of the _____ _____ to the _____ , a dream rising out of _____’
‘An AIR of the DREAM CLINGS to the PLACE , a dream rising out of REALITY’
SD; ‘_____ light of the _____ falls upon the house’
‘_____ area shows an _____ _____ of _____’
‘BLUE light of the SKY falls upon the house’
‘SURROUNDING area shows an ANGRY GLOW of ORANGE’
SD; ‘_____ _____ of apartment houses around the _____, _____ seeming home’
‘SOLID VAULT of apartment houses around the SMALL, FRAGILE seeming home’
How does Linda feel towards Willy?
Linda ‘more than loves him, she admires him’
What are some of Linda’s excuses to why Willy was not able to drive?
- Steering was not properly fixed
- Needs glasses
- ‘Your mind is overactive, and the mind is what counts, dear’
Linda; ‘Your mind is _____, and the _____ is what _____, _____’’
‘Your mind is OVER-ACTIVE, and the MIND is what COUNTS, DEAR’
What does Willy say about his thoughts?
‘I have such thoughts, I have such strange thoughts’
Willy; ‘I have such _____, I have such _____ _____’
‘I have such THOUGHTS, I have such STRANGE THOUGHTS’
Why does Willy say that he is not needed in New York?
‘They don’t need me in New York. In the New England man. I’m vital in New England’
Willy; ‘They _____ _____ me in New York. In the _____ _____ man. I’m _____ in _____ _____’
‘They DON’T NEED me in New York. In the NEW ENGLAND man. I’m VITAL in NEW ENGLAND’
That morning who did Willy criticise for working on a farm?
Biff
What does Willy say about Biff’s work ethic?
‘Biff is a lazy bum’
‘such a hard worker’
What does Linda think about Biff’s aspirations, redirecting Willy’s ideas?
‘I think he’s still lost, Willy. I think he’s very lost’
Linda; ‘I think he’s _____ _____, Willy. I _____ he’s _____ _____’
‘I think he’s STILL LOST, Willy. I THINK he’s VERY LOST’
What does Willy think about Linda?
‘You’re my foundation and my support, Linda’
Willy; ‘You’re my _____ and my _____, Linda’
‘You’re my FOUNDATION and my SUPPORT, Linda’
What do the stage directions say about Biff?
‘he has succeeded less and his dreams are stronger and less acceptable than Happy’s’
SD; ‘[Biff] has _____ _____ and his _____ are _____ and less _____ than Happy’s’
‘he has SUCCEEDED LESS and his DREAMS are STRONGER and less ACCEPTABLE than Happy’s’
What does Biff say about what he wants?
‘I don’t know what the future is. I don’t know - what I’m supposed to want’
- ironic as he knows exactly what he wants
Biff; ‘I don’t know what the _____ is. I don’t _____ - what I’m _____ to _____’
‘I don’t know what the FUTURE is. I don’t KNOW - what I’m SUPPOSED to WANT’
- ironic as he knows exactly what he wants
What does Happy say about his brother upon his reminiscing of life on the farm?
‘You’re a poet, you know that, Biff? You’re a - you’re an idealist!’
Happy; ‘You’re a _____, you _____ that, Biff? You’re a - _____ an _____!’
‘You’re a POET, you KNOW that, Biff? You’re a - YOU’RE an IDEALIST!’
Biff thinks that he is like a ‘_____’
‘I’m like a boy…. I just - I’m like a boy’
What does Happy say about what he is working for?
‘I don’t know what the hell I’m workin’ for’
Biff; ‘with _____ _____,’ dreams about the Loman Brothers running a ranch
VAST AFFECTION
Biff; ‘we’d have _____ to _____’
We’d have SOMEONE to TRUST
What is Happy’s ‘crummy characteristic’?
Sleeping with the fiancée of his colleagues
Who does Biff want to borrow money from and what does he wonder he this person thinks?
Oliver
Biff wonders if Oliver still thinks that he stole a carton of Basketballs
Happy; ‘you’re _____ _____ Biff’
‘you’re WELL LIKED Biff’
What happens from the Opening scene to Willy’s 1st daydream?
- Scene is in Brooklyn, flat boxed in with other apartment houses. Props positioned and imaginary lines set
- Willy comes in after a long day, set down suitcases whilst Linda gets up to greet him
- Linda is concerned as to why Willy came back so soon
- Willy reveals that he kept on daydreaming and nearly hit a boy
- That morning Willy had criticised Biff for working on a farm
- Sons wake up and reminisce about the old days and potential future
- Biff plans to ask oliver for some money to buy a ranch and wonders if he still thinks if Biff stole the Basketballs
