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Biff DOAS Flashcards

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How long does Biff wait for Oliver?

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6 hours

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2
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What does Biff steal from Oliver?

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‘his fountain pen’

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3
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Let’s hold on to the…

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…facts tonight pop.

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4
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B: ‘Will you just…

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…let me out of it’

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Biff (after Oliver) to Willy: ‘I’ll make good…

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…I’ll make good’

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7
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How does Biff appease Willy’s delusion/breakdown?

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  • He lies and says that Oliver ‘talked to his partner’ about the Florida idea.
  • Willy is able to ignore everything Biff previously said, accepts the false but positive new reality.
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8
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How does Biff describe Willy to Miss Forsythe?

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‘a fine troubled prince’
‘a hard-working, underappreciated prince’

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What is crushing about how Biff sess Willy before the realisation of the affair?

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  • He actually admires him, he wants his teacher to see the ‘kind of man’ Willy is.
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10
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Why is the affair necessary?

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It allows the play’s true tragic hero, Biff, to realise that all the ideals his father has placed his faith in are false.

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11
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What line does Biff overhear that crushes him (affair)?

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Woman: ‘where are my stockings, Willy? You promised me stockings.’ This gives it legitimacy, and the fact that the woman is invested in their affair because it materially benefits her only adds to the depravity of the scene.

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12
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How the stage directions describe Biff (affair)?

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‘motionless, tears falling’

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13
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What does Willy order Biff to do after he has seen the affair?

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‘stop crying and do as I say. I gave you an order. … How dare you cry?’

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14
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‘You - you gave her…

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…Mama’s stockings’

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‘You blew me so full of hot air…

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…I could never stand taking orders from anybody’

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16
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How does Biff show he has power greater than Willy?

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[Biff grabs him] as he tries to run away up the stairs

17
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How does Biff look at Happy in the Req?

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[a hopeless look]

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