Show:
Characters
Plot
Symbolism
Quotes
Minor Roles
100

Salesman who carries two suitcases and begins the action of the play

Who is Willy Loman

100

What has Willy hidden behind the furnace in the cellar

What is a rubber tube

100

I've got to get some seeds. I've got to get some seeds, right away. Nothing's planted. I don't have a thing in the ground.

What is agriculture/seeds

100
"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.”
What is Willie Loman
100
is never seen but plays a key role in the play; a man Biff once worked for
What is Bill Oliver
200

Tries to tutor Biff as a child. Ends up as a lawyer.

Who is Bernard? 

200
What foolish action does Biff commit in the office of the man from whom he goes to borrow money?
What is steals a pen
200

"Just mending my stockings. They’re so expensive— "

What is guilt and infidelity?

200
"When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out....And by God I was rich.”
What is Ben
200
In Act Two, Bernard is going to Washington, D.C to do what
What is argue a case before the Supreme Court
300
Next door neighbor to the Lomans; pays Willie $50 as a "paycheck"
Who is Charley
300

Why is Biff in Boston when he finds out about Willy's infidelity? 

What is the championship football game is being played in Boston.

300

"I'm goin' off the road! I'm tellin ya, I absolutely forgot I was driving. If Id've gone the other way over the white line I might've killed somebody"

Success vs failure or illusion vs reality

300
”I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.”
What is Linda
300
He was fascinated with the new recording machine; he fires Willie
Who was Howard Wagner
400
Assistant to the Assistant buyer; womanizer
Who is Happy
400
Name of the restaurant where the boys are going to treat Willie to a "big meal"
What is Frank's Chop House
400

"His flute. He played the flute. "

What is Willy's past; freedom of a simpler life; delusions of his father

400
”Isn’t it a shame now? A beautiful girl like that? That’s why I can’t get married. There’s not a good woman in a thousand. New York is loaded with them, kid!”
What is Happy
400
Name of Biff's math teacher
What is Birnbaum
500
________wrote the name of ____________________ on his sneakers; later he burned them in the furnace
Biff; University of Virginia
500
How does Willie pay for Biff's correspondance courses?
Ben's watch
500

"Opportunity is tremendous in Alaska, William. Surprised you’re not up there" ; "At that age I had a very faulty view of geography, William. I discovered after a few days that I was heading due south, so instead of Alaska, I ended up in Africa."

What is discovery/opportunity. A place full of risk but also opportunity for great success.  

500
"Willie, when are you gonna realize that them things don’t mean anything? You named him Howard, but you can’t sell that. The only thing you got in the world is what you sell. And funny thing is that you’re a salesman, and you don’t know that."
What is Charley
500
He wore green velvet slippers and died the Death of a Saleman on the New Haven to Hartford line
Who was Dave Singleman