Happy Loman
English Lit: AQA A Level Death of a Salesman, topic 11.1.4
Quotations About Happy Loman
Here are a few key quotations about Happy Loman's character:
Claims to be successful
- Has his “own apartment, a car, and plenty of women.”
Feels empty
- Dead-end job: “one of two assistants to the assistant”
- “All I can do is wait for the merchandise manager to die.”
Womanising
- “He’s the third executive I’ve done that to”.
Motivated by resentment
- Feels he needs “to come out number-one man”.
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:
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?”
Battle language in the Requiem
- “not licked”; “I’m gonna beat”; “come out number-one”; “fought”; “I’m gonna win it for him”.
Betrays Willy
- “No, that’s not my father. He’s just a guy.”
Test yourself on Happy Loman
How does Happy describe Miss Forsythe?
What is Happy talking about?
“He’s the third executive I’ve done that to”Complete the quotation:
“No, that’s not my father. He’s just a..."