in the attempt to act ethically they thereby end up acting unethically.
Willy's actions a often seem to be self destructive and a harm to his character. One of the ways he shows this is the fact that he is so oblivious and indenial of his abilities. ' A man who can't handle tools is not a man' this suggests that he thinks being able to use tools and his hands is just the bare minimum for the criteria of a man. The fact he see's this is an attribute to everyman means he is not recognising his ability but also not acknowledging that it is something that charley cannot do, ' To put up a celing is a mystery to me' this shows that it isn't something normal however willy deregards this and thinks only of being a salesman and becomes very diheartened as he feels it is something he doesen't exceed him ' I won't make a living for you, 'or a business for the boys'. This highlights how the american dream has been inplantded, and how it is running down people's self esteem that it is no longer yor handywork that means anything but the extent you can reach in a business.
Monday, 30 January 2012
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Mimesis, incentive moment, denouncement,the dues ex machine and one other.Aristotle!
Mimesis- is the imitation of an action in the sense that tradgerdy shows rather than tells. It also follows a chain of events, so an effect has a cause making the audience feel not only emotional but fear as they see themselves in the same position.
Incentive moment- Is the the beginning of the play it is causal to an effect. The causes are always downplayed but the effects over exaggerated.
Denouncement- This is where the climax is unravelling
Dues ex machine- this is a fast intervention into the plot which seems to solve a problem quickly and not as the audience would have thought.
Diction- This is said to be the fouth most important reason for a successful tragerdy, this is the expression and meaning of words should they be eccentuiated or maximism according to the character that they are playing.
Incentive moment- Is the the beginning of the play it is causal to an effect. The causes are always downplayed but the effects over exaggerated.
Denouncement- This is where the climax is unravelling
Dues ex machine- this is a fast intervention into the plot which seems to solve a problem quickly and not as the audience would have thought.
Diction- This is said to be the fouth most important reason for a successful tragerdy, this is the expression and meaning of words should they be eccentuiated or maximism according to the character that they are playing.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Happy and biff: Our impressions
Biff
The first impression we get of Biff is from his father, Willy. 'I won't fight with him anymore' This insinuates that willy has been trying very to hard to mould or turn him into something or someone that he isnt. The fact he has to fight suggests he's trying very hard to go against bill's wishes but when he see's there is no hope in it he falls back onto the only hope he has left his son will succed 'later in life' the fact he uses famous role models who have started late like ' Thomas edison' suggests that he needs some reassurance that his son will succeed.
Before we actually properly meet Biff, so much is told about him through stage direction. He said 'these days to bear a worn air and less self- assured' This suggests that he once looked full excited and certain about his direction, but now he sees he isn't going by the 'norm' and realising he isn't a 'boy' anymore which is making him 'less self assured .
Happy I feel is a more tragic character as he is locked up in a life he doesn't live and full only of what his father has passed on to him. 'Goddammit im lonley' amongst all his wealth money ' Apartement' and ' women' he has that missing empty space, a longing for someone or something ' thats what I long for'. but amongst all his dreams he cant escape from his regimented routine of becoming the best ' I want to walk into the store the way he walks' this highlights his pride and competitve nature which even overrides the thought of his happiness.
This point is then reitterated when he talks about 'ruining her' but manages to slip in the fact that shes the 'third executives' wife to be this insinuates that even if he cannot get to the position he wants to be he needs some satisfaction of someone of higher status falling below him through other means.
It is very ironic he chooses a 'bride' to be as this is what he is forever longing for and although it should be the husband in his position it isn't, he's destroying something he so desperatley wants.
Although Happy is said to be the character who has everything, I believe his tale is tragic and somehow he has lost all sense of humanity whereas although Biff isn't looked upon as highly especially by his father we see as an audience he understands humans, human life and happiness which makes him less of a tragic character.
The first impression we get of Biff is from his father, Willy. 'I won't fight with him anymore' This insinuates that willy has been trying very to hard to mould or turn him into something or someone that he isnt. The fact he has to fight suggests he's trying very hard to go against bill's wishes but when he see's there is no hope in it he falls back onto the only hope he has left his son will succed 'later in life' the fact he uses famous role models who have started late like ' Thomas edison' suggests that he needs some reassurance that his son will succeed.
Before we actually properly meet Biff, so much is told about him through stage direction. He said 'these days to bear a worn air and less self- assured' This suggests that he once looked full excited and certain about his direction, but now he sees he isn't going by the 'norm' and realising he isn't a 'boy' anymore which is making him 'less self assured .
Happy I feel is a more tragic character as he is locked up in a life he doesn't live and full only of what his father has passed on to him. 'Goddammit im lonley' amongst all his wealth money ' Apartement' and ' women' he has that missing empty space, a longing for someone or something ' thats what I long for'. but amongst all his dreams he cant escape from his regimented routine of becoming the best ' I want to walk into the store the way he walks' this highlights his pride and competitve nature which even overrides the thought of his happiness.
This point is then reitterated when he talks about 'ruining her' but manages to slip in the fact that shes the 'third executives' wife to be this insinuates that even if he cannot get to the position he wants to be he needs some satisfaction of someone of higher status falling below him through other means.
It is very ironic he chooses a 'bride' to be as this is what he is forever longing for and although it should be the husband in his position it isn't, he's destroying something he so desperatley wants.
Although Happy is said to be the character who has everything, I believe his tale is tragic and somehow he has lost all sense of humanity whereas although Biff isn't looked upon as highly especially by his father we see as an audience he understands humans, human life and happiness which makes him less of a tragic character.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Auther miller
His fathers business was destroyed by the wall street crash, he took from his financial loss realising that disaster can strike at any time. His plays were wrote on homelessness and peniless. His house in brooklyn is said to be the house he bases death of a salesman in. Millers plays wanted to show how families can be destroyed by false values.
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