[lit-ideas] FW: Death of a Thinker
- From: "William Ball" <ballnw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:09:02 -0500
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.
Lines: Willy, "The woods are burning I tell you." Willy's wife at
graveside, "Attention must be paid to this man."=20
See the production with Lee J. Cobb as Willy. It's on tape, I think.
Cobb played it on Broadway in 1949,
We all have some or all of Willy in us. That's what scares hell out of
us.
And I tell you right now, the woods are burning.
Bill Ball
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.
l=20
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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
> pas@xxxxxxxx
> Kingsville, ON, Canada
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