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Name of the assignment: ENG4U1_Death of a Salesman Quote Analysis Assignment

Play name: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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\fDEATH OF A In this Unit, you will be reading SALESMAN the 20th century American play Death of a Salesman by By ARTHUR MILLER Arthur Miller. PULITZER PRIZE Death of a Salesman is CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD generally considered among THEATRE CLUB AWARD "FRONT PAGE AWARD the best American plays ever O written. $1.25 / A Viking Compass BookRICHARD CORY WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, \"Goodmorning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was richyes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head. Edwin Arlington Robinson The poem is concerned with how the American Dream tends to confuse the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of riches, one of the many themes found in the play. A belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society in which upward mobility is possible for everyone. .L 4v A 1 CONTEXTUAL LENS V When you read older texts, your teacher probably talked about the times when it was written. EX. language, Ideas, culture This lens is often referred to as the Historical/Biographical lens or the New Historical lens. It suggests that no one can have a completely objective view of their surroundings as they are part of them to ask otherWIse IS to ask a fish to explain water. At the same time, our interpretation of what we read comes through our own lens the current cultural \"water\" that we find ourselves in. Do we, as modern readers, appreciate the sharp anti-racist satire ofAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, or condemn it for its racial stereotypes and language? It is our job to be good literary detectives and deal with these contradictions. It is our responsibility to do this so we can understand the important differences between our present and the past. Doing this kind of analysis can help us work towards disrupting prejudice and ending the perpetuation of discrimination. A contextual lens will consider the life and times of the author. It might ask questions such as: 0 To what is the writing style of the text typical for the time peod? How do the language, characters or events reflect when and where the author was writing? Are there significant events in the author's life that are important to the text? What were the author's intentions when writing? Who is the intended audience? What was happening politically, economically and socially when the text was written? SETTING: Resembles America in the 1940s-Depression and War Exhausted. DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur MillerApplying the Contextual Lens to Death of a I KNOW 3 TRADES Salesman I SPEAK 3 LANGUAGES FOUGHT FOR 3 YEARS HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND NO WORK FOR 3 MONTHS Let's use the contextual lens to understand how the play BUT I ONLY WANT ONE JOB was shaped in and through the societal dynamics it came from Social conditions in the U.S. The U.S. had recently experienced a war and a depressionMilitary Victory was Followed by a Sense of Threat and of Repressed Guilt In 1949, when Death of a Salesman was first performed, the United States was four years out of World War II and about 10 years out of the Great Depression. The U.S. had been victorious in both Europe and the Pacific areas and was, by any account, the most powerful nation on earth. The U.S. should have been confident, and it was. Yet, as so often happens after a great triumph, there was a sense of discomfort. For one thing, the U.S. had ended the war in Japan by dropping nuclear weapons on innocent civilians, and the guilt for doing that had not been squarely faced or acknowledged. The Depression Left a Sense of Insecurity r F l g!!! . 'L 7:. I'vll A u The Great Depression had been a part of Miller's growing up Miller's father had gone bankrupt because of it. The effect on Miller was long lasting: Fundamentally, it left me with the feeling that the economic system is subject to instant collapse at any particular momentI still think soand that security is an illusion which some peOpIe are fortunate enough not to outlive. American power was threatened and its prosperity might well be temporarythere were real reasons for Americans to worry in 1949. There were other reasons why Americans might not have been at ease with themselves in 1949; their involvement in World War II might have been enough to leave them feeling a little shaky. After all, nations as well as individuals can suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and even a war that ends in victory is traumatic. After all the suffering and death, after the years-long adrenaline rush, then what? To make things worse, the war made a break from the past, so that the time before the war did not seem to connect with the time after the war. Historically, revolutions tend to happen after wars; even when they do not, the break caused by a war can make the past seem mythical and unreal, and this in turn can cause a sense of aimlessness. As you read Death of a Salesman, you will notice a sense of aimlessness, threat, loss and guilt. The post-war period was not a happy time, and Death of a Salesman is not a happy play. As Miller states: I have to feel happy about something in order to write sad plays. I reviewed, for New York Times, a book of Eugene O'Neill's letters, and I realized that we're always trying to explain the same thing to everybody, because he was constantly having to say, \"Look, I'm very cheerful." I must hope my plays are about how to hope. The sad part is that we are filled with illusions, and those illusions create hopelessness. The truth makes hope possible. When I see a truth, or think I do, I feel hopeful. And the energy rises. After The War There Was A Sense Of Aimlessness Before Reading the Play You are about to start reading a play that many have called the greatest American play ever written. As you begin to read, you might feel that you disagree. You will not be alone. Arthur Miller was already a famous playwright when he wrote Death of a Salesman. When he finished writing the play, it was time to put together personnel and financing; this was for the first production of the play in 1949 by director Elia Kazan. The budget was high: $100 000 but so was Miller's reputation. It would seem like a sure bet: there would be fifty units [shares] priced at $2000 apiece and, given the celebrated director [Elia Kazan] and prizewinning playwright, those units all but flew out the door. Many investors mailed in their checks without even seeing a script. When they did receive copies, their playreading abilities were tested. That was when the financing became shaky. Miller's former agent sight unseen had signed on for two units but after reading the play reduced his investment to $1000, or half a unit" (Gottfried 129). SET OF THE ORIGINAL PLAY Image description: The frontispiece photo is showing the set. The two beds in the boys' bedroom are showing. There is a stairway from the boys' bedroom coming down stage to the left. The master bedroom downstairs is shown in the photo on a raised platform. The refrigerator is shown in the photo as stage center. There are curtains shown in the up-center kitchen wall. .._ ._ a EILEEN DARBYGRAPHIC IIOUSP. BACK DROP The play EXIT TO BE USED DURING BLACKOUTS takes place over one day EXIT TO BE USED DURING BLACKOUTS. DOUBLE BUNK and BED ROOM WALL HOOKS FOR HATS XSMALL SPLIT CURTAINS AND CLOTHES incorporates BOY'S BEDROOM CAN STAIRS TO MAIN intrusive BATHROOM SHELF STAGE CHEST WALL REFRIGERATOR CHAIR ATICHER memories KEATER from Willy MASTER BED KITCHEN WASTE BASKET PORCH Loman's past. .BED ROOM STOVE CLOTHES DOOR HOOKS FOR WOMAN'S CLOTHES TRELLIS O CHAIR There are times when TABLE & CHAIRS RELLIS BROUGHT ON DY Willy Loman talks to STANLEY & HAPPY IN RESTAURANT TRELLIS SCREEN TABLE FOR SCENE IN FRONT OF BED O PHONE (ACT 2) TABLE WIRE RECORDER characters from the past 10 CHAIR while in the present with DESK CHAIR CHARLEY'S ON AT other characters. It OFFICE RISE OF (ACT2) TABLE & CHAIR BROUGHT ON BY WAGNER sometimes appears SCENE DESIGN AND WILLY (ACT 2) "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" Willy is talking to himself out loud.FLUTE MUSIC: the sound takes Willy back to his childhood. His father was a salesman. He made and sold flutes. STAGE DESIGN: three bare platforms with minimal furniture. All characters remain on stage and are only animated when they are in the forefront and a travel spotlight lights them Willy Loman the 63 year old \"SALESMAN\" TRADES IN HOPE; BRIGHTER FUTURE SELLS HIMSELF SMILE, CHARM PERFORMER CONFIDENCE ICON OF SOCIETY Willy loses his audience (buyers, sons, boss) & is no longer confident. He placed his faith in the future but is haunted by his past. He needs love and respect but is blind to those who offer it. "He cannot bear reality, and since he can't do much \"He has built a life on to change it, he keeps changing his ideas of it.\" DENIAL. Unable or unwilling to acknowledge the failure of his hopes, or take responsibility Hope & Disappointment Reliable & Never Lazy! Lazy Bum! for his actions, he embraces fantasies, elaborate excuses, develops strategies to neutralize his disappointment.\" Successful Salesman! Failure! Mother Linda Loman Mother a housewife - Siblings Married Happy Loman Biff Loman a manager Father Father a ranch worker Friends V Willy Loman Siblings a salesman 7 Ben Bernard an adventurer Lovers Friends a lawyer Father The Woman Charley an administrator a businessman\fACT 1: Willy's Return from Yonkers o The play opens with Willy's return from Yonkers. o This is the day after Biff's return. 0 Apparently he and Willy quarreled because Willy asked him how much money he was making. a Willy tells Linda he was unable to keep his mind on the road, that he was distracted by the warm weather and the beautiful leaves (later he tells Happy he nearly hit a kid). 0 Linda tries to blame the car, but Willy says he was the problem. 0 Linda accepts that Willy can no longer drive and gets him to promise to ask for a desk job in New York. 0 They talk a bit about Biff, and Willy goes down to the kitchen and starts remembering. ACT 1: Biff Decides to Ask Bill Oliver for Money 0 Biff and Happy have a talk about women, life, ambition and happiness. 9 Biff describes how lost he is. 0 Happy says agreeably that he is not happy either, and Biff invites Happy to join him in the West. 0 Happy is enthusiastic at first, but then worries that there is no money to be made there. 0 They do not settle anything, but Biff mentions that he plans to ask Bill Oliver to loan him seven or eight thousand dollars so he can buy a ranch. 9 Happy thinks that is a wonderful idea but then urges Biff to stay with him in New York. 9 Biff says no, he wants a ranch, but he worries that Bill Oliver may think he is a thief. They are then distracted by hearing Willy talking to himself downstairs. DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller GO READ ACT TWOACT 2: Willy's Interview with Howard 0 The next morning. Willy has some trouble getting Howard's attention because Howard is so enthralled by his new tape recorder. . Willy has to listen to Howard's children whistling and reciting state capitols and pretend to be impressed with them, and with the machine. . Howard asks Willy why he isn't in Boston, and Willy makes his pitch to stay in New York. . Howard turns him down, and Willy reminds him that he knew him when he was an infant and that his father had asked him what he thought of the name Howard. 0 Howard is unimpressed, and Willy gets angry. . Willy then bores Howard by talking about Dave Singleman and how his example made him choose selling over going to Alaska. He accidentally starts the tape recorder and panics. . Finally he yields and says he will go to Boston, only to be told that he is fired. Howard leaves, and Willy plunges into old memories once again. Act 2: Willy Meets Charley and Bernard at Charley's Office o Willy goes to Charley's office right after leaving Howard. 0 This is a regular thing; Charley has been giving Willy fifty dollars a week for some time. o Willy is surprised to meet Charley's son Bernard there. Bernard is now a successful lawyer. stopping off to see his father before going to Washington to argue a case before the Supreme Court. I Willy bluffs a bit about how well Biff is doing and then breaks down and asks Bernard. as he asked Ben, \"Whatwhat's the secret?" Bernard asks him if something happened in Boston to make Biff give up on everything, and Willy becomes angry and defensive. o Charley comes in, and Bernard makes his escape. o Willy then asks Charley for money to pay for his insurance. and Charley offers him a job. Willy refuses, saying he already has a job. but finally admits he was fired. He still refuses the job. 0 Charley accuses him of being jealous of him all his life but gives him the money. 0 Willy remarks that he is worth more dead than alive. and Charley tells him that is not true for anyone. I Willy tearfully tells Charley he is his only friend. He leaves to meet Biff and Happy at the Chop House. Act 2: Biff's Interview with Bill Oliver . This interview, which parallels Willy's interview with Howard, does not happen on stage but is described in some detail. 0 Biff waits for six hours, and when Oliver finally comes out, he does not know who Biff is. . He goes back into his office and Biff steals his fountain pen and runs down eleven flights of stairs with it. \"I ran and ran and ran.\" Act 2: Biff, Willy and Happy at the Chop House a At the Chop House, Happy arrives first and picks up Miss Forsythe, telling her he went to West Point. 0 When Biff arrives, he tells her Biff is quarterback with the New York Giants and sends her off to get afriend. . Biff then tells Happy what happened with Bill Oliver, and Willy arrives. Biff tries to tell Willy the bad news, but Willy, helped by Happy, refuses to hear it. 0 Memories of Biff's failing math interfere with Willy's ability to listen. Biff temporarily loses his drive to tell his father the truth, but eventually he gets it acknowledged that he stole Oliver's pen. a Willy then remembers being discovered with a woman in a Boston hotel room, and past and present intermingle for a while. - Willy acts so strangely during this interlude that Biff tells him some false good newsithat Oliver said he was going to talk to a partner, that it was just a matter of time, and that he is supposed to have lunch with them tomorrow. But he cannot go, he says, because of the pen. 0 Willy accuses Biff of failing in order to spite him and strikes him. a The girls then arrive, and Biff welcomes them. a He makes Willy sit down and proposes that everyone get drunk. - Willy is back in the past and asks where the restroom is. - Biff shows him, and he wanders off stage. Biff rushes out of the Chop House, and Happy follows him with the girls. o Willy is left in the restroom. Act 2: Willy and Biff Struggle Back at the House 0 Biff finds Willy trying to plant a garden in the middle of the night. o Willy resists talking to him, but Biff says he is leaving. Willy then resists being led into the house to tell Linda. 0 Finally, he goes on his own rather than be called a coward. Biff tells him that the mess he has made of his life is not Willy's fault and tries to shake hands. Willy refuses. o Willy accuses Biff many times of spite and says that he is not going to accept the blame. Biff denies that he has any spite and agrees that his failure is not Willy's fault. Willy still refuses to accept this. 0 Finally, Biff puts the hose on the table, but Willy denies all knowledge of it. 0 Then Biff reveals he was in jail for three months. He does admit that he blames Willy, for blowing him \"so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody." c He calls himself \"a dime a dozen" and says that Willy is, too. Willy shouts a denial and calls Biff a \"vengeful, spiteful mutt.\" o Feelings are running high,and Biff seems about to attack Willy physically, but instead he breaks down into tears and comes to his father's arms. 0 Willy is astonished. Biff goes up to his room, leaving his father with the sudden awareness that his son loves him. Act 2: Willy's Suicide Willy is thinking about suicide and is discussing it with Ben. He thinks he will get $20 000 from his life insurance. He mentions several times how much Linda has suffered and also thinks about how impressed Biff will be by the number of people who attend the funeral. He worries that Biff will call him a coward and a fool, or hate him: \"Why, why can't I give him something and not have him hate me?" The struggle with Biff occurs. After this. Willy sends everyone to bed and continues to talk about suicide with Ben. He is now much more assured. and it is clear that the $20,000 is to go to Biff: \"Can you imagine that magnificence with twenty thousand dollars in his pocket?" Ben calls it \"a perfect proposition all around.\" Ben leaves, and Linda calls Willy to come to bed. He drives away in the car and crashes it. Willy Loman: The GOOD The BAD: CHARACTER FLAWS 1. Noble 1. Adultery 2. Refuses to relent 2. Failure to recognize the love of those 3. Upholds a dream around him 4 Desire to invest his name with 3. So completely internalized the values of substance society-judges himself by those 5. Make some meaning out of a life standards rooted in SOCIAL MYTHS vs. 6. Active HUMAN NECESSITIES 7. Battles for his life 4. Cannot (and never does) accept responsibility for his own actions: DENIAL Linda Loman: The GOOD The BAD: CHARACTER FLAWS 1. Tough, fighter 1. \"a slipper-bearing retriever\" 2. Sustains the family 2. \"A dumb and useful doormat\" 3. Demands sons' support 3. Speaks spiritually but celebrates 4. Strength, love, determination material 4. Victim of Willy's egotism DUSTIN HOFFMAN JOHN MALKOVICH "A POWERFUL AND MAGNIFICENT CLASSIC" THE NEW YORK TRUST Death ARTHUR MILLERS DEATH OF A of a SALESMAN Salesman PG GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER 1985 Release Date 1996 Release DateDeath of a Salesman Quote Analysis Assignment Directions: CHOOSE TWO (2) QUOTES FROM ACT ONE and... 1) Who? Identify the speaker of the quote. 2 ) So What? Analyze the quote. Relate the quote to the big picture, a theme, or a deeper issue. CHOOSE TWO (2) QUOTES FROM ACT TWO and... 1) Who? Identify the speaker of the quote. 2) So What? Analyze the quote. Relate the quote to the big picture, a theme, or a deeper issue. ACT I - CHOOSE TWO (2) TO ANSWER 1. "Biff Loman is lost. In the greatest country in the world a young man with such - personal attractiveness, gets lost. Such a hard worker. There's one thing about Biff - he's not lazy." (8) + a) Identify: b) Analyze: 2 2. "There's more people! That's what's ruining this country! The competition is maddening! Smell the stink from that apartment house! And the one on the other side... How can they whip cheese?" (9) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 3. "To devote your whole life to keeping stock, or making phone calls, or selling or buying. To sufferbe A 5 100% - Normal text . Comic... 9 + B UA IE 3. "To devote your whole life to keeping stock, or making phone calls, or selling or buying. To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two week vacation, when all you really desire is to be outdoors with your shirt off. And always to have to get ahead of the next fella. And still - that's how you build a future." (12) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 4. "All I can do now is wait for the merchandise manager to die. And suppose I get to be merchandise manager? He's a good friend of mine, and he just built a terrific estate on Long Island. And he lived there about two months and sold it, and now he's building another one. He can't enjoy it once it's finished." (13) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 5. "That's what I dream about Biff. Sometimes I wanna just rip my clothes off in the middle of the100% Normal text Comic... 9 + B I U 5. "That's what I dream about Biff. Sometimes I wanna just rip my clothes off in the middle of the store and outbox that goddamned merchandise manager. I mean I can outbox, outlift and outrun anybody in that store, and I have to take orders from those petty, common sons of bitches till I can't stand it anymore." (14) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 6. "Don't say? Tell you a secret, boys. Don't breathe it to a soul. Someday I'll have my own business, and I'll never have to leave home any more." (19) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 7. "Business is bad, it's murderous. But not for me, of course." (35) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 8. "Why, boys, when I was seventeen I walked into jungle and when I was twenty-one I walked out.. And by God I was rich!" (36)A 100% Normal text Comic... 9 + B 8. "Why, boys, when I was seventeen I walked into jungle and when I was twenty-one I walked out.. And by God I was rich!" (36) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 9. "Remember him? What's the matter with you, you crazy? If he'd stayed with Oliver he'd be on top by now! Wait'll Oliver gets a look at him. You don't know the average caliber any more. The 1 average young man today - is got a caliber of zero. Greatest thing in the world for him was to bum around." (47) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 10. "Like a young god. Hercules - something like that. And the sun, the sun all around him. Remember how he waved to me? Right up from the field with the representatives of three colleges standing by? And the buyers I brought, and the cheers when he came out - Loman, Loman, Loman! God Almighty. He'll be great yet. A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away." (49)100% * Normal text . Comic.. 9 + E X 10. "Like a young god. Hercules - something like that. And the sun, the sun all around him. Remember how he waved to me? Right up from the field with the representatives of three colleges standing by? And the buyers I brought, and the cheers when he came out - Loman, Loman, Loman! God Almighty. He'll be great yet. A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away." (49) a) Identify: b) Analyze: ACT II- CHOOSE TWO (2) TO ANSWER 1. "Biff was very changed this morning. His whole attitude seemed to be hopeful. He couldn't wait to get downtown to see Oliver." (50) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 2. "You wait, kid, before it's all over we're gonna get a little place out in the country, and I'll raise some vegetables, a couple of chickens... " (50) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 3. "Things were sad on a lotta trains for months after that. In those days, there was personality in it, Howard. There was respect, and comradeship and gratitude in it. Today it's all cut and dried, andA 100% - Normal text . Comic.. 9 + B I 1 IE 3. "Things were sad on a lotta trains for months after that. In those days, there was personality in it, Howard. There was respect, and comradeship and gratitude in it. Today it's all cut and dried, and there's no chance for bringing friendship to bear - or personality. You see what I mean? They don't know me anymore." (58) a) Identify: b) Analyze: + 2 4. "You've got a new continent at your doorstep, William. Get out of these cities, they're full of talk and time payments and courts of law. Screw on your fists and you can fight for a fortune up there." (60) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 5. "Ben, it's who you know and the smile on your face. It's contacts, Ben, contacts! The whole wealth of Alaska passes over the lunch table at the Commodore hotel, and that's the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!" (62) a) Identify:begA 100% Normal text Comic... 9 + B 2 1 5. "Ben, it's who you know and the smile on your face. It's contacts, Ben, contacts! The whole wealth of Alaska passes over the lunch table at the Commodore hotel, and that's the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!" (62) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 6. "You were his friend, his boyhood friend. There's something I don't understand about it. His life ended after that Ebbets Field game. From the age of seventeen nothing good ever happened to him." (66) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 7. "No, it's a little celebration. My brother is - I think he pulled off a big deal today. I think we're going into business together." (72) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 8. "He walked away. I saw him for one minute. I got so mad I could've torn the walls down! How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and - I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years. I was a shipping clerk." (76)100% Normal text . Comic... 9 + BIUA 8. "He walked away. I saw him for one minute. I got so mad I could've torn the walls down! How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and - I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years. I was a shipping clerk." (76) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 3 9. "All right, boy. I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have - to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I'm gonna win it for him." (104) a) Identify: b) Analyze: 5 of 5 10. "Why did you do it? I search and search and I search and I can't understand it. Willy. I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home." (104)100% - Normal text . Comic. 9 + BIUA C + 13 . X b) Analyze: 10. "Why did you do it? I search and search and I search and I can't understand it. Willy. I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home." (104) a) Identify: b) Analyze: MARKING SCHEME (PER QUOTE ANALYSIS) 10/10 O 2-3 complete sentences At least two specific details or relevant examples support analysis O Response reflects understanding beyond plot points. Analysis includes connections to "big picture" ideas such as theme and symbolism 7.5/10 2-3 complete sentences At least two specific details or relevant examples support response 5/10 2-3 complete sentences Response reflects a generally correct idea. 1/10 Response given implies that the student either did not read or did not understand the assigned text