[lit-ideas] Re: "The Inside of His Head"
- From: John Wager <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:06:27 -0600
Not only did Miller originally title DofS "The Inside of his Head," at
first he imagined the proscenium arch having hair and ears, so that what
we SAW was the inside of his head. The reason for this was the use of
"flash-outs," which are usually labeled flash-backs, but in the case of
Willy in DofS, he's NOT strictly speaking "remembering" anything, he's
LIVING THROUGH this confusion of past and present IN the present. These
are momentary losses of the present while still IN the present, and
sometimes Willy can't tell which is which. The whole thing is "inside
his head," not just the past and not just the present.
Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>In a message dated 2/13/2005 12:00:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>ballnw@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Of interest? Miller thought about entitling Salesman, "The Inside of
>His Head"
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>Wm
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>William Ball
>Norma Ball=20
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>--- This reminds me of Eric Yost, commenting on Mirembe:
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>>>What goes on in our heads when we make sacrifices and when we make
>>>*sacrifices*? Is it a different process for each?
>>>
>>>
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>and writing:
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>>Isn't it more appropriate to ask "What goes on in our hearts?" Or is
>>that old-fashioned metaphor now displaced to our heads?
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>---- I think the title "The inside of his head" is a bit ambiguous, since
>while "The death of a salesman" tells us it is about a salesman dying, 'the
>inside of his head', tells us only it's male, but not necessarily a salesman.
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>Cheers,
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>JL
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