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Act One: Key Events 7-9 Quotes
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Act One: Key Events 7-9
Here are three quotations showing key events in Act One:
Key quotation 7
- One memory now merges into another as Willy reacts to Linda’s attempts to comfort him.
- “WILLY [angrily, taking them from her]: I won’t have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!”
- Willy’s anger springs from two sources: his wounded pride at not being able to provide for his wife and his guilt about his affair.
- “WILLY [angrily, taking them from her]: I won’t have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!”
Key quotation 8
- Charley, Willy’s friend and neighbour calls by, despite the late hour, worried about the noise he has heard. Charley can't put up a ceiling.
- “A man who can’t handle tools is not a man. You’re disgusting.”
- Willy dismisses Charley as a “man”, perhaps because Charley does not share the Loman men’s ability to work with their hands but perhaps also because Willy is resentful of Charley.
- “A man who can’t handle tools is not a man. You’re disgusting.”
Key quotation 9
- Willy seems to be remembering a visit Ben made to Willy and his family years earlier.
- “Great inventor, Father. With one gadget he made more in a week than a man like you could make in a lifetime.”
- Willy can never live up to his father’s example. His father was self-reliant, a craftsman as well as businessman, while Willy is a failing salesman, dependent on the charity of others.
- “Great inventor, Father. With one gadget he made more in a week than a man like you could make in a lifetime.”
1Introduction
1.1Introductions
2Act One
3Act Two
4Extended Passage Analysis
5Character Profiles
5.1Willy & Linda Loman
5.2Biff & Happy Loman
5.3Other Characters
6Key Themes
7Writing Techniques
7.1Structure
7.3Expressionism
8Historical Context
8.1Historical Context
9Literary Context
9.1Tragedy
10Critical Debates
10.1Introduction
10.2The Marxist Reading
10.3The Feminist Reading
10.4The Eco-Critical Reading
10.5Other Debates
11Recap: Main Quotes
11.1Characters Quotes
11.2Quotes by Act
11.2.1Act One: Key Events 1-3 Quotes11.2.2Act One: Key Events 4-6 Quotes11.2.3Act One: Key Events 7-9 Quotes11.2.4Act One: Key Events 10-12 Quotes11.2.5Act One: Stage Direction Quotes11.2.6Act One: The Woman Quotes11.2.7Act Two: Key Events 1-2 Quotes11.2.8Act Two: Key Events 3-4 Quotes11.2.9Act Two: Key Events 5-6 Quotes11.2.10Act Two: Key Events 7-8 Quotes11.2.11Act Two: Key Events 9-10 Quotes11.2.12Act Two: Howard's Office Quotes11.2.13Act Two: The Requiem Quotes
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1Introduction
1.1Introductions
2Act One
3Act Two
4Extended Passage Analysis
5Character Profiles
5.1Willy & Linda Loman
5.2Biff & Happy Loman
5.3Other Characters
6Key Themes
7Writing Techniques
7.1Structure
7.3Expressionism
8Historical Context
8.1Historical Context
9Literary Context
9.1Tragedy
10Critical Debates
10.1Introduction
10.2The Marxist Reading
10.3The Feminist Reading
10.4The Eco-Critical Reading
10.5Other Debates
11Recap: Main Quotes
11.1Characters Quotes
11.2Quotes by Act
11.2.1Act One: Key Events 1-3 Quotes11.2.2Act One: Key Events 4-6 Quotes11.2.3Act One: Key Events 7-9 Quotes11.2.4Act One: Key Events 10-12 Quotes11.2.5Act One: Stage Direction Quotes11.2.6Act One: The Woman Quotes11.2.7Act Two: Key Events 1-2 Quotes11.2.8Act Two: Key Events 3-4 Quotes11.2.9Act Two: Key Events 5-6 Quotes11.2.10Act Two: Key Events 7-8 Quotes11.2.11Act Two: Key Events 9-10 Quotes11.2.12Act Two: Howard's Office Quotes11.2.13Act Two: The Requiem Quotes
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