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Crafting a Tragic Tale: Analyzing Miller's Structure in "Death of a Salesman

Delve into Arthur Miller's poignant play "Death of a Salesman" and explore how his structural choices, especially Willy's daydreams of the past, shape our understanding of tragedy. Follow along as we dissect the first two sections, interpreting themes and character dynamics. Prepare to engage with thought-provoking questions and strategies to captivate readers in your own short stories. Enhance your storytelling skills with a focus on horror, selecting elements for a spine-chilling narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

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Crafting a Tragic Tale: Analyzing Miller's Structure in "Death of a Salesman

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  1. Bell Ringer 11/6 • Please get out your Death of a Salesman summary. • Make sure you have it updated to the point we stopped reading.

  2. English III 11/4 • EQ: How do Arthur Miller’s choices about structure (particularly Willy’s day dreams of the past) influence how we interpret DoaS as a tragedy? • Agenda • Bell Ringer: Preparing the DoaSsummary • Agenda/EQ • Reading Section 1 of Death of a Salesman • Beginning to the Woman’s first entrance • Summarizing Section 1

  3. Death of a Salesman Section 1 • Beginning of Act 1 to the Woman’s appearance • Narrator: Mrs. Hockenberry • Linda: • Willy: • Happy: • Biff: • Bernard:

  4. Death of a Salesman Section 2 The Woman’s Appearance to the End of Act I Narrator: Mrs. Hockenberry Willy: Linda: The Woman: Bernard: Happy: Biff: Charley: Ben:

  5. Original Staging

  6. Bell Ringer 11/6 • Please get out your story premise/planning materials from yesterday so that I can check it. • Please label these parts if you haven’t already. • A Narrator • A Premise (Story Idea with Conflict) • A Structure for Your Story • Intriguing Opening • Conflict • Crisis • Climax • Resolution • A Shape for Your Story

  7. Creative Writing • EQ: How can we engage and orient the reader when writing short stories? • Agenda • Bell Ringer/Discussion – Homework Check • Agenda/EQ • Elements of Horror Part I • Be able to answer this question: • What do today’s readers want in a scary story?

  8. Planning Our 1st Story • Please choose the following for your story: • A Narrator • A Premise (Story Idea with Conflict) • A Structure for Your Story • Intriguing Opening • Conflict • Crisis • Climax • Resolution • A Shape for Your Story • This should potentially be a scary story!

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