Act 2 Death of a Salesman

Where did Biff go early that morning?

Biff went to go see Mr. Oliver for a job.

What did Willy resolve to talk about with Howard?

He wanted to talk about the New York job with Howard.

What is the result of Willy's conversation with Howard?

He is fired and will not go to Boston.

You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away-a man isn't a piece of fruit!" Explain why Willy said that.

The peel is Willy and he says that the company can not just throw him away after all the years he has worked.

This is no time for false pride, Willy... You've got two great boys, haven't you?" What is sadly ironic about this statement?

It is sadly ironic because Willy was just talking about how his sons are not successful and how they will not do anything in life.

Why didn't Willy go with Ben years ago when Ben offered him a job?

Willy did not go with Ben years ago because he already had a good business with Howard's business.

Ben says " what are you building? lay your hands on it. Where is it? What is the point of this line?

The point of this line is to show how Willy is not well in life because he is in debt, he just got fired from his business. Also what are you building can mean of his two sons and who he is raising them as.

Where does willy go after his conversation with Howard?

He goes to see Charley because he is need of money to pay his insurance.

what does willy ask Bernard?

He asks him why Biff is not successful and what happened during his school years and after .

what was bernard's reply?

Biff did not go to summer school to make up the math class he flunked.

why can't willy work for charley?

He does't want to work for charley because he doesn't want to admit that he needs help and can live on his own

Biff says, " I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been." what does he mean

He finds out he was not a salesman that he was a clerk for oliver and he was a thief and ended going to jail.

what was the result of biff's meeting with bill oliver?

He didn't get a job and did not make a meeting with him. Oliver did not even know who he was.

What does Happy want biff to tell willy?

He wants him to lie that he got a job and that he would be meeting with him the next day to talk over details. Also that the meeting went smooth.

willy says," the woods are burning, boys? cant you understand? there's a big glaze going on all around. what does that mean?

that there is a spread in his life that is making him lose his job, have no money, and can not make his boys successful salesman

what does willy do while biff is trying to explain the facts of his meeting with bill oliver?

He begins to have daydreams or visions of the time biff flunked math.

what did biff take from bill oliver

he took his fountain pen

identify miss forsythe and letta

They are both women that came to the restaurant where biff and happy were eating with willy. Happy begins to flirt with them and ignores his father;s comments about money and being successful.

where does willy go?

willy goes to the bathroom to fix himself up.

what is biff's opinion of his father now, when he tells it to miss forsythe?

biff says he is a "fine, troubled, prince.

why cant biff help willy?

he cant help willy because every time they try to talk to each other in the end they are both yelling at each other and can not resolve anything.

happy denies that willy is his father. why?

Happy denies Willy because he does not want to care of him after biff accused him of not caring for him when he was talking to the two girls

what happened in boston? what do we finally find out is the problem, the secret between willy and biff?

Biff went after his father to his hotel room to talk to him and inside was willy talking to the woman and she was naked.

why did biff got to Boston in the first place?

He wanted willy to go ask his teacher from math to change his grade so he would not have to take summer school.

where does willy go after he realizes that the boys have left him at the restaurant?

...

why does linda knock the flowers to the floor?

because Happy does not seem to care for his father and instead met 2 girls. They left him at the restaurant.

willy says," a man can't go out the way he came in, ben, a man has got to add up to something." what does this mean?

this means that a person should become something or contribute something that adds up to become something. He feels that did not happen for him.

why does willy decide to kill himself.

If he dies he will leave lots of insurance money and that could support his family.

what does biff want to tell willy before he is ready to go?

that he accepts that he is nothing and the didn't make willy proud. Biff knows the situation of his father mentality and tells him he doesn't want hard feelings toward him.

biff says, will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens? what is the significance of this line?

the something is Willys death

what is willys response to biff's whole scene when biff ends up crying?

He is glad that Biff actually likes him.

ben says the jungle is dark but full of diamonds, willy. explain

That it might be hard to find a comfortable spot to make a living, but the diamonds represents the many opportunities to get a job to earn money.

what does willy do?

he leaves in his car and crashes to die

why is the car an appropriate device?

...

biff says he had all the wrong dreams, all, all wrong. explain

biff realizes that willy was wrong with his salesman success and that his life was made of lies.

based on the events of the play and our knowledge of the characters, what will probably become of biff and happy?

After their father's death they will take things more seriously and become successful in something

linda says, we're free and clear." what is the double meaning here?

Biff will not be influenced by Willy and with the life insurance money their house mortgage is paid,