Happy Loman
On the cloudy morning of September 13, 2016, drama students from Oconomowoc High School, made the long trip from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to Spring Green, Wisconsin to see a play at the unique theater, American Players Theater. This play was called “The Death of a Salesman”. The play was directed by Kenneth Albers with starring characters named, Willy Loman, Linda Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, Charley, Uncle Ben, and Bernard. This play was about the Loman family that is falling apart, however, can’t seem to realize their failure themselves. The character who struggles the most is, Willy Loman. Willy is the father of the family and he believes that the way to be successful is to be popular. Willy raises his sons to become successful businessmen
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I found it interesting how whenever Uncle Ben would come in or out of the scene his kain would go, “pound, pound, pound.” I can’t help but wonder if that might have represented the clock of Willy’s life. Another interesting part about the play was the evil laugh that would play throughout the scenes. At first, I thought the laugh was just an annoying sound that didn’t make much sense, however, after exploring deeper I believe that the evil laugh was the voices in Willy’s head. I think that the evil laugh had a purpose in making the audience feel and understand what Willy was hearing instead his head and showing more of Willy’s …show more content…
It’s important to realize that Willy never changed outfits. Throughout the whole play, he was wearing the brown suit. Even once they flashed black to the past, Willy was still in the suit. I believe the reasoning behind this costuming is to symbolize how Willy was stuck at a certain time of his life and never seemed to change no matter what time period the act was in. Even the other characters seemed to change costumes during the time periods switches. I believe the reasoning for the other characters had costume changes was because the other characters such as Biff, Happy, Linda, and Bernard kept living their lives and truly changed as time past. During the production, Linda wore really old and beat up clothes which emphasized the effects of living with her husband, Willy. The clothes that she was wearing were slowly fading and I believe it was to represent how Linda was dying on the inside because of her battle to stand by her
I found it interesting how whenever Uncle Ben would come in or out of the scene his kain would go, “pound, pound, pound.” I can’t help but wonder if that might have represented the clock of Willy’s life. Another interesting part about the play was the evil laugh that would play throughout the scenes. At first, I thought the laugh was just an annoying sound that didn’t make much sense, however, after exploring deeper I believe that the evil laugh was the voices in Willy’s head. I think that the evil laugh had a purpose in making the audience feel and understand what Willy was hearing instead his head and showing more of Willy’s …show more content…
It’s important to realize that Willy never changed outfits. Throughout the whole play, he was wearing the brown suit. Even once they flashed black to the past, Willy was still in the suit. I believe the reasoning behind this costuming is to symbolize how Willy was stuck at a certain time of his life and never seemed to change no matter what time period the act was in. Even the other characters seemed to change costumes during the time periods switches. I believe the reasoning for the other characters had costume changes was because the other characters such as Biff, Happy, Linda, and Bernard kept living their lives and truly changed as time past. During the production, Linda wore really old and beat up clothes which emphasized the effects of living with her husband, Willy. The clothes that she was wearing were slowly fading and I believe it was to represent how Linda was dying on the inside because of her battle to stand by her