[lit-ideas] Re: Death of a Thinker
- From: "William Ball" <ballnw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:45:23 -0500
We draw no lines. The artist does.
Could have been someone like J. J. Rousseau who abandoned his family and
wrote "Emile, ou lEducation," then helped launch a literary movement
called Romanticism.
William Ball
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> I agree completely. I wonder, though. Shakespeare followed his
> dream, as did other writers and people of his day and other days. To
do
> that he had to abandon his wife and young children and head for
> London to be a playwrite. We are richer for his self-centeredness and
> abrogation of responsibility, but his children suffered. Where does
one
> draw the line?
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> Andy Amago
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Ball <ballnw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Feb 15, 2005 10:02 AM
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> Willy took the road well worn, not "The Road Not Taken". He chose
> the
> worn road that leads to nowhere, the road of any salesman, or safe job
> in the civil service. He should have gone to Alaska to mine for gold.
He
> should have made flutes, like the one we hear in the play, he should
> have had the courage to follow his dreams.
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> Lines: Willy, "The woods are burning I tell you." Willy's wife at
> graveside, "Attention must be paid to this man."=3D20
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> See the production with Lee J. Cobb as Willy. It's on tape, I think.
> Cobb played it on Broadway in 1949,
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> We all have some or all of Willy in us. That's what scares hell out of
> us.
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> And I tell you right now, the woods are burning.
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> Bill Ball
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> P. S. The play has very little to do with communism/capitalism. It's
> about all us low men, the tragedy of the common man because he's so
> common.
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> > I have to admit that I've never read, seen, watched "Death of a
> > Salesman".
> > Can someone tell me, without "ruining" it for me, WHY it's such a
> > revered
> > classic? Are there memorable lines that are in today's vernacular?
> Just
> > the
> > plot would be okay -- without any spoilers concerning Willy's, Hap's
> or
> > Biff's fate.
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> > Other than Miller's death this week, it's very interesting because I
> > watched a movie called "Eulogy" last night which was about "the
> death"
> > of a
> > salesman, and has some overt references to DOAS, but alas, I didn't
> get
> > them.
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> > Paul
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> > ##########
> > Paul Stone
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> > Kingsville, ON, Canada
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