Dreams Flashcards
“Not liked…”
“…but well-liked”
“He had all the wrong dreams…”
“…all, all wrong”
“A salesman is got to dream boy…”
“…it comes with the territory”
Give a quotation that uses alliteration to show the spite that Biff has towards Willy’s way of life and that Biff values his freedom.
“Measly manner of existence”
What quotation is used for Charley’s final judgement of Willy and that Charley blames Willy for his career and not his personality/decisions?
“A salesman has got to dream boy. It comes with the territory”
What quotation does Biff give his final judgement of Willy and show that anagnorisis was too late to save him and could’ve been avoided if he had a different career?
“He had all the wrong dreams. All, all wrong”
What does Willy say that presents him to be hypocritical of his profession and show that he has the wrong dreams?
“Can’t handle tools”
“Good with his hands”
What quotation shows that Willy is ignorant towards Bernards intellect and shows that he believes in success through material?
“Not liked, but well-liked”
What is the American dream?
The idea that working hard within society leads to wealth for the next generation, working hard for the benefit of a family
What is Willy’s tendency to dream?
He has aspirations to achieve through being a hard working salesman. He wants to gain status, respect and wealth for his family, though he can’t and he fails to accept this
How is it shown that Willy believes in success reflected through material?
“not liked, but well-liked”
Willy thinks that charisma and charm trumps smarts and intellect, though it is disproved by Bernard, Willy is forced to accept this
Why does Willy feel his own dreams are destroyed?
Biff does manual work and not sales work, like Willy’s choses occupation
How do Biff and Happy differ in their dreams?
Biff recognises the hopelessness of Willy’s dreams and how being “well-liked” is a useless quality. However, Happy stands by it and sees himself in a world of “selling and buying”
