Because he was so concerned with this and he wanted his father to talk to his teacher about it.Īt this point, he discovers the affair. He went out to his dad’s hotel, his dad was away on business. However, in his senior year he missed graduation by one Math course. He was a football star and we see him as the big man on campus. In high school, he was a really big deal. Biff is 34 years old, and he’s Willy’s favorite son. And they’re definitely signs there that she either doesn’t see, or chooses not to look at. Willy is having an affair, he has been for a while. She is often reminding Willy about different bills that they have to pay. Sometimes they get into confrontations, Linda is always the one who gets in between them and wants to stop things and smooth them out. She plays peacemaker when Willy is at odds with their sons. She is extremely devoted to him, to the point where she makes excuses for him. In that way, he’s actually going to be able to truly provide for them for the first time in his life. And he does this with the intention, that his family is going to receive insurance money. At the end of the play of course, he commits suicide.
As we keep going in the play, there’s more flashbacks, and he’s really going back and forth between memories and present day life. That’s all he really wants to be able to do. This is the struggle he has throughout the entire play. He really tries to provide for his family. We do find out at the beginning that he’s not working for the same amount that he was earlier. He’s been demoted, and then he’s been fired. Remember that’s just a fancy way of saying the main character. Let’s start of course with the main, man Willy Loman. This is kind of the who’s who of this play. So I want to start with the primary characters. Including, completely getting rid of this myth about Willy Loman and his last name. And see what the significance of some of the names in this play, really is. The last thing we’re going to do, is a little what’s in a name. That’s what we’re going to be talking about today.įirst we’re going to discuss major characters, then minor characters. Remember, we don’t have an author who can take paragraphs to describe setting or what people are like. A play has really got to be character-driven. I’m sitting here on this little outdoor stage, thinking about how different a play can be, than a novel.
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