Summary Of Dialectical Journal For Willy Loman '

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1) “Only the blue light of the sky falls upon the house and forestage; the surrounding area shows an angry glow of orange.”

2) “I’m tired to the death.”

3) “Biff Loman is lost. In the greatest country in the world a young man with such—personal attractiveness, gets lost. And such a hard worker. There’s one thing about Biff— he’s not lazy.

4) “There’s more people! That’s what’s ruining this country!”

5) “I mean I can outbox, outlift and outrun anybody in that store, and I have to take orders from those petty, common sons of bitches till I can’t stand it anymore.”

6) “Why am I always being contradicted?”
“Chevrolet, Linda, is the greatest car ever built… That god-damn Chevrolet, they ought to prohibit the manufacture of that car!”
“I’m very well
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He falls apart as everything around him happens at once.
Especially when he learns of Biff’s behavioral issues and his agitation turns into anger.
10) Willy gets easily offended by Charley.
11)Ben is a hallucination of Willy’s memories, and is only seen by himself, and carries on a conversation with Ben while playing cards and conversing with Charley. Willy becomes frustrated because he cannot differentiate between Ben and Charley’s conversations, and Charley gets angry as a result and leaves.
12) Willy is regretful that he turned down Ben’s offer to go to Alaska, he also does not want to acknowledge that the opportunity to work for Ben is no longer available, since he had died in Africa weeks ago.
13)Linda has accepted that there is something wrong with Willy, but she still loves him and accepts all the love that he can give her.
She wants her sons to understand that Willy is tired and isn’t how he used to be.
14)Linda finally tells the boys about Willy trying to commit suicide, and crashing his car were attempts and that she found a rubber hose behind the fuse box.

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Death of a Salesman Act

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