11.1.4

Happy Loman

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Quotations About Happy Loman

Here are a few key quotations about Happy Loman's character:

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Claims to be successful

  • Has his “own apartment, a car, and plenty of women.”
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Feels empty

  • Dead-end job: “one of two assistants to the assistant”
  • “All I can do is wait for the merchandise manager to die.”
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Womanising

  • “He’s the third executive I’ve done that to”.
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Motivated by resentment

  • Feels he needs “to come out number-one man”.
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Shallow attitude to women

  • Discussing his “first time”: “Boy, there was a pig!”.
  • Describes Miss Forsythe: “Strudel’s comin’”.

Quotations About Happy

Here are a few key quotations about Happy Loman's character:

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Conflicted about money

  • One moment, he rejects office-work and admits to wanting to “just rip my clothes off in the middle of the store”.
  • The next, he is worried about money: “The only thing is – what can you make out there?”
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Battle language in the Requiem

  • “not licked”; “I’m gonna beat”; “come out number-one”; “fought”; “I’m gonna win it for him”.
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Betrays Willy

  • “No, that’s not my father. He’s just a guy.”

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2Act One

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4Extended Passage Analysis

5Character Profiles

6Key Themes

7Writing Techniques

8Historical Context

9Literary Context

10Critical Debates

11Recap: Main Quotes

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