Death of a Salesman quotes

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  • Created on: 02-03-17 09:01
1) 'Fragile-seeming home',2) 'Air of dream clings to the place, a dream rising out of reality'
2) The dreams within the house do not fit in with the reality, and are unachieveable by Willy and his family, Willy and happy dreams to be sucsessful, Biff to be free, Linda for Willy to be happy with just having her.
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'On the shelf 0over the bed a silver athletic trophy stands'
Ideas of competition and masculinity. Over the bed - it is willys dream to be sucsessful not reality.
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'its all right. I came back'
As willys first lines it forshadows *** one day willy might not come back.
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'With casual irritation'
Stage direction for willy displays a violent language towards Linda and implies that it occurs a lot.
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'Maybe its your glasses'
His glasses show he is short sighted in the literal and metephorical way
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'Biff is a lazy bum' 'Biff-hes not lazy'
Willy constantly contradicts himself, he is unsure which is reality amd which is inside his head.
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'can't raise a carrot in the backyard'
Nothing will grow, only decay of dreams exists here
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Card 2

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'On the shelf 0over the bed a silver athletic trophy stands'

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Ideas of competition and masculinity. Over the bed - it is willys dream to be sucsessful not reality.

Card 3

Front

'its all right. I came back'

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

'With casual irritation'

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

'Maybe its your glasses'

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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