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DOAS. Requim. Funeral. Contrast to Singleman’s Hap and Linda view W’s death as a business investment that didn’t need to be made B sees him as a tragic figure who had the chance for happiness but who’s warped sense of success prevented him from obtaining it

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DOAS

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  1. DOAS Requim

  2. Funeral • Contrast to Singleman’s • Hap and Linda view W’s death as a business investment that didn’t need to be made • B sees him as a tragic figure who had the chance for happiness but who’s warped sense of success prevented him from obtaining it • Charley sees him as an exemplar of his profession – just one among many who have been betrayed by the AD

  3. Finally • Hap continues to buy into W’s vision • The material gain from his death is unimportant compared to his family’s love – he doesn’t get to see this

  4. Great Quotes – Act I • The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he's rich! The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it open on a mattress! Act I • I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper... But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall into his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person. • 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.

  5. Act II quotes • Willy: Your father came to me the day you were born and asked me what I thought of the name of Howard, may he rest in peace. / Howard: I appreciate that, Willy, but there just is no spot here for you. • The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you're a salesman, and you don't know that. • Will you let me go, for Christ's sake? Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?

  6. Requiem Quotes • There were a lot of nice days. When he'd come home from a trip; or on Sundays, making the stoop; finishing the cellar; putting on the new porch... You know something, Charley, there's more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made. • I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home. • He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine... A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

  7. Themes • The American Dream • Fathers and Sons • Nature vs Urban • Abandonment and Betrayal

  8. Symbols • Rubber hose • Stockings • Seeds • Flute

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