“Biff Loman is lost”
“There’s one thing about Biff- he’s not lazy”
Act 1
-Contradicts himself
-Fragmented and confused mind
-Both aspects reflect Willy; being lost, but also having delusions that you have potential to be successful
“Remember how they used to follow him around in high school”
Act 1
-His belief that popularity is worth more than academics
-Reflecting on Biff’s past > slight sense of disappointment?
-Biff’s success in his eyes means Willy’s personal fulfilment
“The way they boxed us in here. Bricks and windows, windows and bricks”
Act 1
-Trapped in their reality
-Unfulfilment as they cannot find escape
“There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighbourhood”
Act 1
-Suffocated in their life
“You’re my foundation and my support, Linda”
Act 1
-Reliance on Linda as he sees her as a maternal figure
-Trust he lies in Linda and genuine love for her
-Becomes ironic later on when he has the affair
“Why does dad mock me all the time?”
“I can’t get near him” - Biff
Act 1
-Broken family
-Willy’s initial lost love for Biff
-Biff being unable to fulfil Willy’s dreams for him
“Every time I come back here I know all I’ve ever done is to waste my life” - Biff
Act 1
-Self insecurities caused by Willy
-Willy’s disappointment in him
-Willy’s attitudes and morals reflected on him
“I’m losing weight, you notice, pop?” - Happy
(repeated later again twice)
Act 1
-Desires recognition from Willy
-Willy ignores the whole family unless they have his interpretation of success
-The fact its repeated shows lasting need for recognition and Willy’s approval and also Willy’s ignorance
“They seem to laugh at me”
“I’m not noticed”
Act 1
-Isn’t as respected as he’d hoped/thought
-Foreshadows the fact he will never be successful
-Unsuccess in the business world
“I’m fat. I’m very foolish to look at”
Act 1
-No respect for him
-Links to his ideas of popularity over academic success
-Again foreshadows his lack of success
“And thanks for the stockings. I love a lot of stockings”
Act 1
-Stocking motif
-Foreshadows the affair
-Ironic
“I won’t have you mending stockings in this house!”
Act 1
-Guilt and trauma from the affair
-The fact she has to mend them implies their lack of wealth and therefore his lack of success
“Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one and he’s rich”
Act 1
-What Willy aspires to be
-His idea of success is “Rich”
-Drives him into his delusions as his hopes are set up to being too high
“What the hell are you offering me a job for?”
Act 1
-Disregard of Charley’s opportunity
-Sense of denial about his lack of success
“A man who can’t handle tools is not a man. You’re disgusting”
Act 1
-Insulting and rude
-Dehumanising for Charley
-Fragmented state of mind
-His views of success is innately practical work even though he masks it to be business work to fulfil the American Dream
“Ben, how should I teach them?”
Act 1
-Ben as his idol and how he relies on him for guidance to success
-Leads to destruction
“He’s been trying to kill himself” - Linda
Act 1
-Linda is aware of his attempts, yet doesn’t have the autonomy to expose him, even if that would help him
-Exposes him to his son
“Why are we short?”
Act 2
-Denial of his unsuccess
-Always dreaming of more success than he is in reach of realistically
“Will you stop mending stockings?”
Act 2
-Can’t recover from his guilt of the affair
-Insecurities
“His name was Dave Singleman”
Act 2
-Willy using Dave Singleman as an idol > causes his love for the business world > using idols as a destructive force
“He’s got a proposition for me in Alaska”
Act 2
-Delusions that his dreams still can come true
-Significance of Alaska
“A man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked”
Act 2
-Believes success is in personality rather than academics
-Irony as he isn’t liked and doesn’t have riches
“He flunked the subject, and laid down and died like a hammer hit him”
Act 2
-Ironic as Willy said academics don’t matter, yet he is commenting on Biff’s lack of success in maths
-Gave up after failing maths
“I don’t want your goddam job!”
Act 2
-Refuses help as he wants to be a hero himself
-Sense of humiliation
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Othello character quotes25
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Iago13
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Desdemona26
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Emilia14
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Willy33
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Lamia33
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci11
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The Eve of St Agnes19
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Unseen6
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Social and political aspects6
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Paper 2 Section C structure- 2 text question2
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Atwood intentions- Handmaid's Tale6
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Crace intentions- Harvest7
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Blame/outsiders- Harvest4
