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Bell Ringer 12/4

Bell Ringer 12/4. On a piece of composition paper, please explain how authors of tragedy attempt to get you to sympathize with the tragic hero. Use your Traditional and Arthur Miller tragedy notes. Write a short paragraph in complete sentences . Pds . 1 & 7. Bell Ringer 12/4.

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Bell Ringer 12/4

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  1. Bell Ringer 12/4 • On a piece of composition paper, please explain how authors of tragedy attempt to get you to sympathize with the tragic hero. • Use your Traditional and Arthur Miller tragedy notes. • Write a short paragraph in complete sentences. • Pds. 1 & 7

  2. Bell Ringer 12/4 • Please get out your Flashback list and sit next to your partner so that we can finish our discussion. • Pd. 2 & 4

  3. Bell Ringer 12/3 • Please get back into your partnerships, and complete your list of Flashbacks for Death of a Salesman. • Make sure you gave a description and an explanation for the flashback. • Pd. 3 & 9

  4. English III • EQ: How do Arthur Miller’s choices about structure (particularly Willy’s day dreams of the past) influence how we interpret DoaS as a tragedy? • Agenda • Bell Ringer/Discussion • Agenda/EQ • Examining Structure Activity • Part 1: Reviewing Tragic Structure • Part 2: Analyzing Flashbacks • Sympathy in Tragedy Activity

  5. Examining Structure • Please create a bulleted list that contains all of the flashbacks in Death of a Salesman. • Structure it like this: • Act I • Flashback 1: • Flashback 2: • Etc. • Act II • Flashback 1: • Etc. • For each flashback, describe what happens in the flashback and your prediction as to why Willy visited that particular moment in his past.

  6. Examining Structure • Act I • Flashback 1: Willy is driving and gets distracted because he thinks he’s driving that little red Chevy that Biff loved so much. • Why? – because Biff has just returned from the west and Willy misses the time when Biff actually loved him.

  7. Sympathy in Tragedy • On a piece of composition paper, please explain how authors of tragedy attempt to get you to sympathize with the tragic hero. • Use your Traditional and Arthur Miller tragedy notes. • Write a short paragraph in complete sentences.

  8. Sympathy in Tragedy • Using your Examining Structure activity, please write a response to the following question in the form of 1 paragraph. • How does Arthur Miller’s use of Willy’s flashbacks convince the readers/audience to sympathize with Willy even though he is not a “great” man? • Give a topic sentence that answers the question • Use at least 2 examples of flashbacks from Death of a Salesman (direct quotes) • Fully explain how all of your proof (quotes) supports your answer to the question.

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