AP English Death of A Salesman

How is the flute music significant

- the flute is indicatrive of Willy Loman's Father

-willy loman's father was a flute maker and flute salesman

-thorughout the play flute music is in the backround

-willy has vauge memorie of his father when they were traveling

-ben told willy his father was a good man

-willy's father felt he never had a real foundation in life

First impression of Willy Loman

- Willy is first seen when he's comes home from a trip (we learn he is troubled) willy is jumping around when he talks and is mentally not there at all

In the beginning of the play we can determine Linda's role in willy's life

- Linda is Willy's foundation, caretaker, and the only person he can truly rely on

- Linda claims willy's downs and brings him his sanity

Willys contradictory statements are significant

-Willy calls biff lazy then a few lines later he calls biff a hard worker and not lazy

-contradictory statements show willys state of mind and odd relationship with his son

-when Linda tells Willy of biffs wrong doings he immediately gets mad at him

-Willy romanticizes the past

Willys dislike of the American cheese is significant

-Willys reaction to the American Cheese represents his inability to handle change

-Willy can't grow anything in the apartment

The setting of the neighborhood is significant becuase

-Brooklyn is being build up now and prefers having more property and less buildings blocking the sun

-later on, Willy notices the moon shinning between the buildings, it is the same sky but seen in a positive versus

The mistake Willy acknowledges regarding his Chevvy is

-willy imagines he stopped and took in the scenery opening his windshield

-the car he was driving, however, didn't have a windshield you could open (willy believed he was driving from his old red Chevvy

The significance of the nickname Happy is

-happy is the nickname of Willy and Linda's son

-their sons nickname is happy because he tries to smooth over every situation, but the reality is that happy is not happy himself

What drives biff to go out west and how does this reality illustrate the contrast between Biff and Happy

-biff didn't want to be the conventional one, instead following his heart

-happy is the conventional one

Who says "I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop? and "I'm getting married"

Happy

What is the significance of happy's lines "I'm losing weight, you notice, pop? And "I'm getting married"

-happy says these lines to try and get his father's attention because Biff is loved more

-the seeds talked about are meant as a metaphor for starting a new life in Willy's death, they are his legacy that will leave his mark

-he is especially happy when he kills himself because he is with his brother Ben.

-Willy is joyful in finding that biff loves him

-Arthur Miller never states what Willy sells because truthfully he sells himself, he wants to be loved.

-Willy believes that due to his life insurance policy his family, including biff, will get twenty thousand dollars

-happy is very happy with his wife when he kills himself

Who says "coach"ll probably congratulate you on your initiative"

Willy

How does Willys line "coach'll probably congratulate you in your initiative" illustrate his approach to parenting with regard to Biff

-the coach supposedly gave Biff the football to practice with but really he stole it

-Willy says the coach will applaud his initiative because he can't bear to recognize anything wrong with Biff

Biffs feelings towards his father in the old days

-biff admired his father believing he could speak with Mr. Birnbaum and fix everything with his grades, until he found out he was being unfaithful to his wife, Linda

Willys attitude towards Bernard during his flashbacks and in the present time

-Willy believes Bernard becomes (nerd) should be helping Biff because he is popular and can go places.

-in the future can't understand how Bernard becomes a success and Biff didn't

Willy's flashback in Act 1 began to change and why it happened

-many flashbacks end badly because the romanticism goes away and the harsh truth comes out with Willy saying that he will beat Biff foe what he had done.

-couldn't face it and just flew off the handle

What does Willy sell

It is not said exactly but Willy is selling himself

Willy cheats on Linda and how does he react to Linda's mending stockings

-biff refers to his father as a "faked when talking to Linda

-part of the play where Biff says a woman saw him purposely crash the car and Linda responds awkwardly saying "what woman"

-it might indicate that Linda knew Willy was cheating on her

-the woman he cheated with told him that she picked because his was funny, so insecure and wanting to be loved

-Willy gives the woman Linda's new stockings, and when he sees Linda mending old ones he gets angered.