PPT-Death of a Salesman Close Reading of Willy

Lohmans monologue from Act II Willy Loman Juicy Sentence Willy talking about Dave Singleman When he diedand by the way he died the death of a salesman in his green velvet slippers in the smoker of the New York New Haven and Hartford going into Bostonwhen he died hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral. Santiago Gonzalez. Language of Genre. Symbol. Something used for representation of something else. A symbol can be a sign, material object, or something else immaterial.. Motif. A recurring subject, theme, or central idea in a work of literacy. The motif is usually the underlying theme of a novel or other piece of literature.. By: Arthur Miller. Character Analysis. Willy . Loman. The . common man. Symbolizes . the cruel paradox of human existence.. Seen . as ritual head of the family.. Seeks . to discover a design in the paradoxical movement of life; . 9/2. Agenda. Discussing the end of Act II and Requiem for . Death of . a Salesman . Reviewing unit 2 vocabulary-test Friday!. Last 15-20 minutes to work on Final . Death of a Salesman. project. Act II . Introduction to Arthur Miller’s . Interesting fact: . . When Arthur Miller died in 2005, in . Newsweek . magazine Richard Schickel wrote, “Not a week has passed since the play premiered on Broadway 56 years ago this month when it was not playing somewhere in the world, playing too on our instinctive response to an instinctive work.. Mortality and Immortality. Immortality is the opposite of immortality. Immortality mean you don’t die…ever. I think in D.O.A.S that immortality means that you might die in body but you will be remembered by a lot of people due to the fact that you left your mark or a legacy back on earth. Willy Loman is afraid of being mortal this would ironically lead to his death.. Arthur Miller. Born in NYC, Jewish. Attended schools in Harlem, Brooklyn. Family devastated by Great Depression. Graduates University of Michigan. Turns down Hollywood (big$) job to stay in NYC: loves live theater. of a . Salesman. Arthur Miller. American. Drama. Modern . American. Drama. Historical. Background. Great. . Depression. (1930s . to. . middle. 1940s). Fall. in . stock. . prices. , . stock. Symbolism. Look at the section involving . The Woman. . The stockings that are mentioned are an important symbol in . Death of a Salesman. . Explain their significance and what they represent.. We are given few details about the life of . Afnan. . Abo. -Al-Hassan. Amal. . Wazna. Razan. Al-Ali. Salwa. Al-. Hmyani. Sara Al-. khattabi. Themes and Symbols in Death of a Salesman By Arthur Miller . Introduction about the play.. Themes: . 1915-2005. Background Info. Born in NYC. First success in 1947—. All My Sons. Wrote. Death of a Salesman. —1948. Married with two children at the time. Background Info. 1950—. F. ell in love with Marilyn Monroe (eventually married and then divorced). note. These notes will give you an overview of the key moments in the play.. They are not exhaustive and you will have to plan your essays carefully and may want to refer back to the play to find a different example or quotation. 1949. Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller. 1949. Objectives. Be able to identify specific literary techniques used to characterize Willy . Discuss symbols found throughout the second half of the play. Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman . by Arthur Miller was first performed in 1949 on Broadway and was an. . immediate success. This deceptively simple story of the tragic road to suicide of a travelling. Memory in Act 1. Shows Willy as being unable to cope with the present – he seeks sanctuary in the past.. Whilst at first the memories are pleasant, they soon turn sour as his failures as a man become all the more apparent..