The six big events in Act II of the play are as follows:
1. Willy asks his younger boss, Howard, to take him off the road, so he doesn't have to travel anymore because he's "a little tired." (p. 56)
2. Howard fires Willy despite his 34 years with the company and need for a paycheck. "I think you need a good long rest," Howard says. (p. 59)
3. Charley offers Willy a job which he turns down, but he does take a loan. (Charley tries to get through to Willy: why does everybody have to like you? he asks. What difference does that make, he implies? ) (p. 70)
4. Willy has dinner with his sons and Biff tries to tell him he didn't get the hoped-for interview with Bill Oliver and that it always was a fantasy to think he would, trying, like Howard and Charley, to get Willy to live in reality. "Let's hold on to the fact tonight, Pop." (p. 78)
5. A flashback to the summer the young Biff found Willy cheating on his wife (Biff's mother) in the hotel room, which ruined Biff's life: he stared "horrified" at "The Woman." (p. 87)
6. After a fight with Biff at home following the dinner in which he again tries to get his father to face reality, telling him to take his "phony dream" and burn it, Willy drives off to commit suicide. (p. 101)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
What are the six big events that happen in Act two in the play Death of a Salesman, with page numbers. I will send the instruction paper.
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