death of a salesman

who is the author

Arthur Miller, 1915-2005

who is the salesman

Willy Loman

how many acts

2 and a requiem

who are the characters

Willy Loman, Linda, Biff, Happy, Bernard, The woman, Charley, Uncle Ben, Howard Wagner, Jenny, Stanley, Miss Forsythe, Letta.

where does the action takes place

Willy Loman's House, yard and various places he visists in in New york and Boston.

how olds is Willy Loman

past sixty

who is Willy's wife

Linda

what id the name of the town he turned around from

Yonkers

where does he work as a salesman

New England

where do they live

New York/Brooklin

who is Howard

Willy Loman's boss

who is Frank Wagner

Howard's dad

what kind of food linda made Willy

Sandwich

who are the sons

Biff and Happy

What did Willy ask Biff that Linda though he was criticized

Willy asked Biff if he had made any money

where does Biff work

at a farm at west

how much money Biff makes

35 dollars per week

what does Willy think of his son Biff

that he is lazy

what does Linda think of Biff

That Biff has not find himself, that he is lost.

what kind of cheese Willy likes

Swiss

what does Willy think is ruining the country

population getting out of control

when did Willy had a chevvy

1928

how old is Biff compared to Happy

Biff is 2 years older

who is the womanizer

Happy

what did Happy said about Willy's driving

he stops on green and goes on red, he is loosing it

who was Happy's first sexual experience

big Betsy from Bushwick avenue

when Willy talks to himself, who does he talks to

Biff mainly, the woman and Ben

what does Happy thinks the reason for Willy being depress is

that Biff has not settled

what were Biff's jobs after High School

shipping clerk, salesman, and business of one kind or another

why did Biff come back home

Because he was not making enough money to build his future

how much money he made herding cattle

$28 per week

what is Happy's Job

merchandise store. He is waiting for his manager to die to become merchandise manager.

where does Biff invites Happy

West, to buy a ranch and work together.

what is their idea of both of them going west

buy a ranch, raise cattle and work with their muscles.

according to Happy, how would his wife be

somebody with character and resistance like mom

what is Happy's character like at the store

he sleeps with the wives of the executives and takes bribes from vendors for orders of supply.

why does Happy act like that at work

because he is jealous of the bosses and he thinks that he shouldn't take orders from them, because he is stronger and more athletic.

whats the idea Biff wants to try before going west

he wants to barrow money from Bill Oliver. 10 or seven thousand dollars to buy a ranch.

who is Bill Oliver

a store owner where Biff worked in the past.

what did Biff stole from Bill Oliver

a carton of basketballs

what was the surprise Willy had in the trunk

a punching bag

what did Biff get out of the locker without permission

a football

who was Tunney

(1897-1978) heavy way champion boxer from 1926-1928

where did Willy told his sons he went

to providence and had coffee with the mayor

who is Bernard

a young boy, younger than Biff. Charley's son

Who is Mr. Birnbaum

the math teacher, about to flunk Biff

what sport Biff plays

football

who s waiting in the cellar for Biff

the boys/the friends

what broke on the refrigerator

the fan belt

how much do they owe by the fifteen

120 dollars

why do people laugh at Willy?

because he is fat

what did Willy do to the guy who called him Walrus

he stroked him in the face

who is the woman?

a product of Willy's imagination/a woman Willy had an affair with while in Boston.

what does Linda do that angers Willy

she mends stockings

what are regents

State exams

what is Bernard's concern

that Biff will flunk math

Who is uncle Ben

Willy's brother who went to Africa and got rich

what was Willys excuse for turning back home the second time

that he almost hit a kid while driving in Yonkers

who is Charlie

neighbor who offered Willy a job, and play cards with.

who does Willy mistakes Charlie for

his brother Ben

how many sons does Ben have

seven

how old was Willy when Ben started

3 years and 11 months

they talk to Ben, but Ben is dead, how?

is it a daydream of Willy, because he is loosing his mind.

where did Ben end up instead of Alaska

Africa

what's the story Ben tells

"when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle and when I was twenty-one I walked out. and by God I was rich."

how did Ben get rich?

In African gold mines

what is Tuesday week

a week from tuesday

what is the mean of "the kind of stack they spring from"

it means, the kind of heritage the have

what kind of instrument did Willy's father played

the flute

what did the father do for a living

sold flutes, he was an inventor.

what do Ben do with Biff before he leaves for Africa

drops him on the ground to show him not to fight fair with people.

what did Willy told the boys to still from the building

sand and lumber to show uncle Ben that they are tough boys.

what does Willy thinks he is doing by instigating this behavior

Willy thinks he is building his son's character

-willy always pretend to be someone he is not and to have something he doesn't have. All these conversations with Ben are illusions, Ben is talking to himself most of the time, daydreaming about a life he doesn't have-

-his boys are two lazy thugs- Most of this time Willy is daydreaming, the boys are not maturing as they supposed to.

what does linda does most of the time?

she mends clothes

when is Willy the worst

when Biff comes home, he does not like Biff because he knows Biff knows about the woman.

Linda's hair got gray since Biff was in high school

she just stooped dying it, and Biff just noticed.

Biff gets upset and argues with Linda about Willy going Crazy.

Biff compares Willy to Charlie saying that Charlie doesn't act like Willy. Linda tells Biff to make Charlie his father.

why is Willy losing it?

because after thirty six years of working with the company, the company took his salary away and put him on straight commission.

Linda realizes that Willy is dying and she knows he doesn't sell anymore, she knows Willy borrows fifty dollars per week from charlie to bring to her and pretends it's pay.

Biff is accused of been a philandering bum and to be the reason Willy gets sick. Biff accuses Willy to be a fake.

linda reveals to Biff that Willy is trying to kill himself by smashing the car on a bridge rail trying to drown himself

but the shallowness of the water saves Willy. Willy has periods of dementia

Linda also finds a second attempt to suicide when she goes to the cellar looking for a fuse and sees a rubber pipe attached to the gas line.

inferring that Willy is trying to suffocate himself with gas.

Linda tells Biff that Willy's life is in his hands

Linda tells the boys that Willy spent his life giving them everything and they turn their backs on him

Happy tells Biff that some people in the business world think he is crazy

Biff said, screw the business world, look at what happened to Pop, the world laughs at him. we don't belong here, we should be carpenters; carpenters are allowed to whistle.

whats the business idea of Happy

to have a sporting good line called "The Loman line."

what is Wily's advice to biff to wear when he meets Oliver?

to wear a business suit, not a sport coat and slacks.

how much does Willy tells Biff to ask Bill Oliver for

fifteen thousand

how does the first act ends?

with Biff taking the rubber pipe off the heater and taking it with I'm to his room.

Act II

Act II

what were they doing?

in the kitchen, Willy drinking coffee and Linda filling the cup when she could.

what color was Biff's suit he wore to go talk to Oliver?

blue

what did Linda ask Willy to do

talk to Howard about cutting him off the road and give him a New York job.

what is the family's main issue

the bills pile up and they don't have money to pay. The whole situation is that they all day dream.

how long ago they bought the house

twenty five years ago

what brand is their refrigerator?

Hastings

where does Linda tells Willy is to meet the sons for dinner

at Frank's Chop House on Forty Eight street.

at what time is the dinner

six o'clock

Linda thought Willy took the rubber pipe off?

she found out Biff took it out.

what does Howard (Willy's boss) has on his office that sparks Willy's curiosity?

a wire recording machine

how much are the wire recording machines according to Howard?

one hundred and a half