DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE ASSIGNMENT – DEATH OF A SALESMAN ENG3U [pic] What is a dramatic monologue? A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person‚ in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events. TASK: You will write a dramatic monologue from the perspective of one of the following secondary characters: Linda‚ Biff or Happy. As an audience member‚ we do not have as much insight into these
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Criminal Being a salesman has always carried a negative stigma since the early 1900s. Being seen as pushy‚ high pressure‚ deceitful people; the dreaded activity of purchasing some car or new appliance has haunted everyone at some point or another. Many words have come to describe salesman such as “sharks”‚ “cons”‚ “thieves” etc.‚ and these words have stuck with the profession throughout the century. Two very realistic depictions of such phonies can be seen in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller
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especially sons‚ consider their fathers’ legacy as a legend and dream to follow fathers’ footsteps. A son’s future depends on the role of the father‚ and it is so important that their family’s faith depend on their relationship. Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” consists of endless father-son conflicts due to the fact that Willy‚ an oppressive father‚ has high‚ unattainable expectations for his son Biff; while he appears to have virtually no relationship with his youngest son‚ Happy. Willy refuses
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The Dysfunctional Family In Arthur Miller’s drama‚ "Death of a Salesman" the protagonist is a sixty-year-old salesperson by the name of Willy Loman. Willy suffers from self-delusion and is obsessed with the desire to succeed. Willy’s actions strongly influence his family‚ which contributes to their self-delusions. Willy’s wife Linda is an enabler and is codependent upon him. Linda encourages and participates in Willy’s delusions. She is unselfish and her life revolves around Willy and their
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“Unknown Citizen” and Intro. to Death of a Salesman Course and Grade: American Literature‚ 11th Generalization: The main idea here is that the ‘everyman’ or average Joe is unremarkable and lives a life of quiet desperation under the veneer of normalcy. Learning Targets: Facts: Main characters in the play Death of a Salesman are: Willy‚ Linda‚ Biff‚ Happy Loman‚ Ben (Willy’s dead brother)‚ his best friend Charley‚ and Charley’s son Bernard; Willy is a salesman who is convinced that qualities
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I. Description of Main Characters A. Willy Loman 1. Willy Loman is an aging salesman who has had to work hard for everything in his life. Throughout the story we are given a look into the skewed reality he has created for himself as the story progresses. Unlike other tragic heroes‚ Willy is unable to fully realize the situation he has been placed in. Even though he comes to a superficial understanding of himself and the sales profession‚ Willy is unable to see his own failure as
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Death of Hope The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ends with Gatsby’s death and Nick’s return to the Midwest. The author is illustrating throughout the novel the society’s views of the American Dream in the 1920s as the best way of life‚ but often it is not true and very few people end up living the dream. Fitzgerald exhibits this in The Great Gatsby through the downfall of the unhappy‚ yet wealthy‚ and through the lessons learned by the people surrounding them. The American society is corrupt
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Compare and contrast the ways that the pursuit of wealth is Presented in ‘Top Girls’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ ‘Top Girls’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ are plays that both exemplify the importance of money and what it means to people. The plays however differ in how the protagonists‚ Marlene and Willy‚ use and make use of the money they have earned. Furthermore the protagonists juxtapose each other as they both come from different walks of life which illustrate to the audience why the pursuit
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Show how the playwright creates tension and how this increases your appreciation of any aspect of the play. Arthur Miller’s modern tragedy Death of a Salesman is rife with tension regarding the protagonist‚ Willy Loman‚ a salesman eluded and deluded by the American Dream. The play follows Miller’s reworking of the Aristotelian hero in the final twenty-four hours of his life. Willy’s obsession with his Dream and all associated with it – personal attractiveness‚ business success and family success
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• Nicholas "Nick" Carraway (narrator) — a man from the Midwest‚ a Yale graduate‚ a World War I veteran‚ and a resident of West Egg. He is Gatsby’s next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. Easygoing‚ sarcastic and optimistic‚ this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met
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