Willy Loman
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- Dishonest Willy
- Boys! I just went to Providence and got coffee with the Mayor! They told me I can park my car anywhere in New England. The cops will protect it like it is their own.
- Wow dad that's cool! You seem really important.
- Yeah dad that's pretty awesome.
- Delusional Willy
- Why don't you look for a job in New York?
- They don’t need me in New York. I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New England.
- Huh! Why did she have to wax the floors herself? Every time she waxes the floors she keels over. She knows that!
- Prideful Willy
- Willy is dishonest in many situations. In this scene Willy tells his sons he got coffee with the mayor. Also that everyone knows him so he can pretty much park his car wherever he wanted to in New England.He believes he is the number one man but at the same time he knows he is not and will not admit it.He likes to make his sons believe that he's an important and great man. When in reality he's trapped-in the false image he believing the lies he has told himself for years.
- Depressed Willy
- Funny, y’know? After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.
- Willy's wife suggests that he should look for a job in his company's New York office. Willy responds as if he is an important man in New England to cover up the reality that the New York office does not want or need him.Willys mental survival depends on him believing he is essential and needed which is why he deceives himself so much.
- Stubborn Willy
- I’ll see him in the morning. I’ll have a nice talk with him. I’ll get him a job selling. He could be big in no time
- Willy is in disgust at Linda his wife for waxing the floors in their house herself. This shows Willy's false pride about their economic status. His family cannot afford to hire someone to wax their floors but he constantly gets mad and wants to pretend that is not the case.
- Contradicting Willy
- I am going to have my own business some day!
- In this scene Willy's old friend Charley lends him money to pay his insurance payments. Willy's remark is an admission of his own failure and an admission that the purpose of all his hopes and dreams has been money. Willy's confused mind is beginning to show us the suicidal plan that is starting to form in Willy’s troubled mind.
- Here Willy take the money and pay for your insurance get it back to me when you can,
- Here it shows Willy being stubborn. He forces his desires on his two sons and teaches the importance of status over integrity.Biff and Willy constantly butt heads.The conflict arises from the disparity in desires between Willy and Biff, especially because Willy is stubborn and hesitant to give in to his kid's inventive ideas. Biff is the first to recognize that his own desires are not the same as his father's, and this leads to a furious argument. Willy nurtures both of his sons with an unwavering belief that they can achieve everything they wish, despite their limitations and ambitions.
- What am I trying to become what I don’t want to be? What am I doing in an office,.
- Willy's constant contradictions shows that he is confused about how the world works.His behavior all throughout the play is riddled with inconsistencies.The only thing consistent about Willy is his inconsistencies.
- Bigger than Uncle Charley! Because Charley is not liked. He's liked, but he's not--well liked.
- Will it be successful like Uncle Charley's business
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