Happy Loman quotes Flashcards
(16 cards)
Happy (A1): ‘My own ___, a ___, and plenty of ___. And still, goddammit, I’m ___’
- apartment
- car
- women
- lonely
Happy has the same feeling of being temporary as Willy, however he expresses it differently and cannot conceive the connection.
Yeah, that was my ___ —I think. Boy, there was a ___ (They laugh, almost ___.)
1.first time
2. pig!
3. crudely
Happy to Biff: ‘You taught me ___ I know about ___. Don’t forget that.’
- everything
- women
“I mean I can ___, ___ , and ___ anybody in that store, and I have to take orders from those common, petty sons-ofbitches till I can’t stand it any more.”
- outbox
- outrun
- outlift
Somebody with ___, with ___! Like Mom, y’know?
- character
- resistance
“I don’t know what gets into me, maybe I just have an ___ or something, but I went and ___her, and furthermore I can’t get rid of her.”
- overdeveloped sense of competition
- ruined
Because I don’t ___ the ___, and, still, I ___ and— ___!”
- want
- girl
- take it
- love it
‘Pop, I told you I’m gonna…
…retire you for life.’
For once, Willy shows some sense and rejects this notion. Saying that Happy could never afford to support a wife, apartment and car as well as him.
‘The trouble with you in business was…
… you never tried to please people.’
“Say you got a ___ with ___tomorrow.”
- lunch date
- Oliver
Encourages Biff to lie to appease Willy
“(almost ___ Biff) Don’t say that!”
- ready to fight
Staunch defender of Willy’s delusion
What is interesting about his conversation with Miss Forsythe?
They both seem to be deceiving each other, purporting false versions of themself as a champagne salesman and a magazine cover model. Happy then tells her Biff is a famous football player. Happy also mentions he went to ‘West Point’ - a military academy - leaving her ‘really impressed’
How does Biff respond to Happy saying ‘Is he going to back you?’
He says ‘Are you crazy! You’re out of your goddam head.’
‘Dad is never so happy…
…as when he’s looking forward to something’
