The American Dream Flashcards
Who? Happy Loman
When? The requiem, Willy’s funeral
“I’m gonna show you and everyone else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have- to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him”
Who? Uncle Ben
When? As Willy contemplates suicide
“The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy”
Who? Willy Loman
When? After he is fired by Howard
“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away — a man is not a piece of fruit!”
How does Miller describe the house in the opening sequence?
”An air of dream clings to the place, a dream rising out of reality”
Who? Happy
When? In conversation with Biff at the beginning of the play, discussing buying a ranch
”That’s what I dream about Biff”
How does Miller characterise Ben?
”He is utterly certain of his destiny”
Who? Willy Loman
When? To Ben, in a regression
”What’s the answer? How did you do it?”
Who? Ben
When? In response to Willy asking what he should teach his sons
”When I walked into the jungle I was seventeen. When I walked out I was twenty-one. And by God, I was rich!”
Who? Willy
When? In response to Ben, in a regression
”That’s just the spirit I want to imbue them with! To walk into a jungle! I was right! I was right! I was right!”
Who? Willy Loman
When? To Biff and Happy, in reference to their sporting goods business idea
”That’s a one million dollar idea!”
Who? Willy Loman
When? To Biff and Happy, in reference to their sporting goods business idea
”That’s a one million dollar idea!”
Who? Willy Loman
When? In conversation with Linda, after Biff goes off to see Bill Oliver
”You wait, kid, before it’s all over we’re gonna get a little place out in the country, and I’ll raise some vegetables, a couple of chickens…”
Who? Ben
When? To Willy, after he tells him he’s building something at the firm
”What are you building? Lay your hand on it. Where is it?”
Who? Willy
When? To Ben, before the regression into Biff’s football game
”And that’s the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!”
