Pride Flashcards
Willy is challenged by Biff and defends himself by saying…
‘Call out the name Willy Loman and see what happens!’
Charley offers Willy a job out of pity, but Willy responds by saying…
‘I got a job…what the hell are you offering me a job for?’
Willy tells his son he is well known as he proclaims…
‘I’m vital in New England’
Willy places himself in a God-like role saying
‘He’ll worship me for it’
Willy again proclaims he has made something of himself in America saying…
‘I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like it’s their own’
Biff acknowledges Willy’s false sense of pride had been passed down to him saying…
‘And I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody!’
Biff further acknowledges this illusion of the American Dream as he says…
‘I realise what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. We’ve been talking in a dream for 15 years’
