I L W Y N P?
H: “I’m losing weight, you notice Pop?”
- desperate for Willy’s approval
- values his masculinity and sexuality now because he didn’t have it when he was younger
I B I F T L R
B: “I borrowed it from the locker room”
- had skewed morals - did he have a hand in his own ‘failures’
C P C Y O Y I […] I S E T T B T B A U
W: “Coach’ll probably congratulate you on your initiative […] if somebody else took that ball there’d be an uproar!”
- fuel’s Biff’s delusions that he can do whatever he wants
- Biff already had a sense of entitlement and Willy just makes it worse
- so in this way, the fact that Biff has wasted every opportunity he’s been given is in some part down to Willy - tragedy because he wants nothing but to provide for him and Happy and instead he has failed them.
B T U C! B […] H N - W L
W: “Bigger than Uncle Charley! Because […] he’s not - well liked”
J B H P U O V O H S D M T G T G H
B: “Just because he printed University of Virginia on his sneakers doesn’t mean they’ve got to graduate him”
- appearance vs reality of success
D B A P B […] W A A
W: “Don’t be a pest Bernard […] What an anaemic!”
T H A T D! [vs] S D A S P T V G
L: “Two hundred and twelve dollars!” vs ”seventy dollars and some pennies. That’s very good.”
- kind regardless, very protective
I V W L I H […] P D S T T T M
W: “I’m very well liked in Hartford […] People don’t seem to take to me.”
O T R I W T G Y S A J K T L O Y
W: “On the road I want to grab you sometimes and just kiss the life outa you”
- only when she’s not there
[S H B] [S G H A K H R]
“[slapping her bottom] [suddenly grabs her and kisses her roughly]”
- is flirty and affectionate with her but not with Linda
Y P M H
W: “You picked me, heh?”
- validation
T F T S! [M […] H S S] I W H Y M S I T H
TW: “Thanks for the stockings” “mending […] her silk stockings” W: “I won’t have you mending stockings in this house”
- guilt
- hates that they’re poor
- pity for Linda
Y G H T A
W: “You’ll give him the
answers!”
- poor morals - encourages him to cheat
I W H […] H G S P
“I’ll whip him […] he’s got spirit, personality”
- how can Biff live up to his expectations when they keep changing??
