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Coming Soon:. Final Exam exemption forms for those who qualify! New guidelines set by TEA. More info later. Exam days: Thurs, Dec 20: B Day Fri, Dec 21 : A Day. Final Exam:. Oedipus Hamlet Death of a Salesman Multiple choice/matching Essay question

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  1. Coming Soon: • Final Exam exemption forms for those who qualify! New guidelines set by TEA. More info later. • Exam days: Thurs, Dec 20: B Day Fri, Dec 21: A Day

  2. Final Exam: • Oedipus • Hamlet • Death of a Salesman Multiple choice/matching Essay question No book-no notes

  3. 12-6-12 Objectives: • Begin to trace character development in Death of a Salesman. • Begin looking for themes, symbols, motifs, and important quotes. • Relate the American Dream to the plot of the play and make connections to the 21st century.

  4. Today’s Agenda: • Intro to Death of a Salesman • Begin reading Act I in class • Reading homework: finish Act I

  5. Death of a Salesman: • Playwright: Arthur Miller • Published in 1949 • Social Realism • Expressionism • Tragedy?? • Language and style: the exact speech of ordinary new Yorker’s.

  6. Things to look for as we read: • Themes • Motifs • Symbolism • Willie’s conflict • Foreshadowing • Flashbacks • daydreams

  7. Terminology of the Era: • Thomas Edison • B.F. Goodrich • J.P. Morgan • Jack Benny • Al Smith • Gene Turney • 1928 Chevy • 1940’s Studebaker • Wire recorder • Hercules • Ebbets Field • Brooklin • Yonkers • Hackenstack • Waterbury Clock • Adonis • Simonize • Red Grange

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