Willy begins to realize that these are the things that he once enjoyed in his life. He makes references to the streets, the air, the garden; all things that are now changing for the worst. Willy sees that with his age, what he once loved is fading in front of him .This is where his denial begins, and the deterioration of his sanity commences.
Shortly after the previous scene where Willy complains to Linda, Linda leaves to room, and Willy, by him self, slips into a day dream of the past. Happy and Biff are young again, and Willy is successful. As his sons looks on with pride, Willy tells Happy and Biff about his business trips.
You and Hap and I, and I'll show you all the towns. American is full of beautiful towns and fine upstanding people. And they know me, boys, they know me up and down New England. The finest people. And when I bring you fellas up, there'll be open sesame for all of us, cause one thing, boys: I have friends. I can park my car in any street in New England and the cops protect it like their own. This summer, heh?- (Willy, pg 31).
Almost immediately after Willy begins to see the changes that have taken place with his old age, he begins to envision his beloved past. Again Willy's view memories of the perfect life he once had take control of his emotions. Willy tells his boys about the incredible towns he's been to, and how everywhere he goes people know his name, he is well liked, and conducts good business, all as his children look up to him in awe; all of these now things that Willy has lost. As Willy's day dream of the past mocks his present in such a way, that Willy now feels compelled to try to relive his old life. The dialogue about being well known and liked in all the towns he does work, now becomes the lost success and happiness that haunts him in his old age. And it is these lost feelings which Willy begins to pretend still exist as the story progresses.
In the same dream, a new character is introduced, Bernard, who is a classmate of Biff's a family friend.
In his work, "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" ... The poem tells the story of a dog who is digging on a grave. ... The deceased human wonders who is digging on his grave. ... In fact the dog did not even know its own master, "I am sorry, but I quite forgot/ It was your resting place" (lns 35-36). ... However, each sees his philosophy in his own light. ...
He digs the grave and then tries to focus on other things. ... Amy's reasoning is based on her own grief distorted imagining and the manner in which she perceives her husband's actions in" digging the grave and his conversation in the kitchen about everyday matters". ... What she was unable to understand is the concept that digging the grave himself is both the only thing he can do for his dead child and his only means of release. ... She cannot believe that her husband is so coldhearted that he just took his kid out and pout him in the ground with out even saying a word "If you ha...
In the poem, Brooks uses a variety of poetic devices including symbolism, language, musical devices and patterned repetition to express the irony of a "cool" lifestyle leading to an early grave. ... How ironic is the symbolism of being real cool and digging your own grave with a big golden shovel? ... She uses very few words and yet expresses the ideas of deviant behaviors and their consequences with such a rhythmic flow that beats the idea into your head. ...
Your sister's drown"d Laertes" (4.7.163-164). ... Right after the reader reads this image, the play moves to "clowns" digging a grave. ... / I tell thee she is, therefore make her grave / straight. ... / "a sings in grave-making" (5.1.65-66). ... Hamlet asks, "Whose / grave's this, sirrah" (5.1.117-118)? ...
He loved tending a huge garden, and nothing thrilled him more than growing his own vegetables and then sitting down to a big family dinner that "mommaw" had cooked. ... I will never forget an old story that "poppaw" always told about his first job, which was digging graves in Indiana! ... As he often said to my father "Would you rather be in his shoes, or your shoes?" ...
As we get older we set goals and rules down for ourselves to help stay on track. As responsible young adults, we should think about these goals and which ones are best for us to live our lives by. Aphorisms are a great way to begin. Three aphorisms I've chosen to live by are "Stitch in time saves...
I been observing a lot of the wars that is happening in the world today, more then an average American would watch for my age, and from my own theory, I believe that the situation of the military database is useless, period. ... They believe that this may be their last resort, but signing an enrollment is as though you were to engrave your own epitaphs. In other terms, it is like digging up your very own grave. ... Or having to relentlessly worry so much in the back of your mind of being ambushed? ...
I been observing a lot of the wars that is happening in the world today, more then an average American would watch for my age, and from my own theory, I believe that the situation of the military database is useless, period. ... They believe that this may be their last resort, but signing an enrollment is as though you were to engrave your own epitaphs. In other terms, it is like digging up your very own grave. ... Or having to relentlessly worry so much in the back of your mind of being ambushed? ...
With our births we are only promised physical death; the grim reaper patiently walks by our side, methodically digging our grave, yet we do not know if he is shoveling out our grave slowly with a teaspoon or rapidly with a backhoe. ... He basically assisted in his own death when he repaired the car that would eventually lead him to death. ... This may have been an important key factor in his rational analysis of his own demise. ... Consequently, Epictetus was also a stoic like Willie, who believed that you should give attention to only what is in your own power. ... Finally, one should vie...