Death of a salesman Flashcards

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Quotes for Materialism

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“Listen to this. I had it at home last night. Listen to what I picked
Up”- Boss ignoring Willy and showing him a machine- cares more about the machine then him
you end up worth more dead than alive.”- Willy
“We’re free.”- only free after he dies (free from debt)

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Quotes for Abandonment/ isolation

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“You invite him for dinner”…”and then you desert him there”-Linda
“I’ve got nobody to talk to”- Willy
“An air of the dream clings to the place, a dream rising up out of reality”

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Quotes for Betrayal

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“Will you stop mending stockings?”- Willys guilty conscious for giving his affaire stockings while Linda is trying to fix hers

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Quotes for Family

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“She more than loves him, she admires him”

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Quotes for Mythic figures

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Compares Biff and Happy to greek figures- “Adonis” and “Hercules”

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Quotes for Nature

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‘The grass doesn’t grow anymore, you can’t raise a carrot in the backyard.’- the cause of Capitalism?
“They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting down those down.”

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Quotes for Identity

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“Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be?”- said by Biff,“I don’t know what the hell I’m workin’ for- Happy
“Because I know he’s a fake- Biff”

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Quotes for Death

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“I’m tired to death.”

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