quotes.3 Flashcards

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i’ve got to get some seeds right away…

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nothing’s planted. I don’t have a thing in the ground
Willy realizes his career has built up to nothing
begins obsessing over seeds because he can no longer grow anything for sons but can produce vegetables to provide and outlast him

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in those days there was personality in it..

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there was respect, and comradeship, and gratitude in it.

Willy fears his clients will forget him

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Q

they time them so when you finally paid for them..

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they’re used up

Willy is always working and never achieves

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4
Q

why must everybody

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conquer the world

linda defends Willy to Ben by recognizing he is great for small things

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Will you take that phony dream..

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and burn it before something happens
Biff wants to be released from Willys dreams
wants to make his own based on reality

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Willy Loman did not die in vain

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he had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have- to come out number one man
Happy becomes realist and is likely to fail

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you can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel..

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a man is not a piece of fruit!

Willy directly argued with employer that employees need to be cared for

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you fake! you

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phony little fake! you fake!
Biff discovers Willys affair and abandons Willy literally in the doorway but also emotionally seperates himself
ironic as Willy’s fear of abandonment led to affair

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