Willys Hamartia

Question 1

Desperation to be liked

Answer 1

‘ I’m vital in New England’
‘I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it liek their own’

Question 2

Pressure of his sons to not end up like him

Answer 2

‘Lazy bum’ Biff

Question 3

Delusions of his success

Answer 3

‘Someday I’ll have my own business’
‘Met the Mayor’
‘slaughtered ‘em in Boston’
‘I was sellin thousands and thousands, but I had to come home’

Question 4

Believing in aesthetics over hard work- Bernard

Answer 4

’ a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!”
‘What’re you lookin’ so anaemic about, Bernard?’
‘with scholarships to three universities they’re gonna flunk him’
‘dont be a pest’
‘hes’ not well liked’

Question 5

Aesthetics leads to achievement

Answer 5

‘the man who makes an appearance in the business world.. is the man who gets ahead’
‘I’m not dressing to advantage’

Question 6

Not having a father role

Answer 6

'’Dad left when I was such a baby’
‘I still feel- kind of temporary about myself’

Question 7

Blindness

Answer 7

“He had the wrong dreams. All, all wrong.”
“dumbly fumbles for Biff’s face” as if, after years of blindness, this is the first time he truly “sees” his son.