Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are dead:
-explores the idea of what happens to characters when the play is over
-the opening scene represents their birth as the play begins, and then they die at the end
Death of a Salesman:
-Willy is portrayed as a child
-Linda is motherly, but more so towards Willy than her own children
-Happy is striving to get out of Bif's shadow but can't, and so continues to pursue
Willly's goals to prove they were worthwile
-Bif grows the most throughout, and discovers who her is
-explores the difference between being loved and well-liked
Hi Jack,
ReplyDeletePass. These notes look like they'll be helpful for finals this week; you pointed out some important things that we discussed about both works, but I would maybe add some more detail about Death of a Salesman in particular. We spent a long time analyzing the play because there's a lot of important stuff in there. You did touch on the main things though.. nice work.
Pass.
ReplyDeleteI think your DoaS notes are good, since you cover the main concepts, but I would expand on the Rosencrantz notes, because I think you're missing some main ideas.
Your peer reviewers missed an important detail here, Jack--where are your notes on the Stoppard article?
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