Arthur Miller - Death Of A Salesman

[@vikitoth5902]

you saved my last two brain cells from dying before the day of my exam.

[@joeal6112]

😂😂😭

[@emmabailey1716]

Me too me too 🥲😂

[@DouglasTheMagicBean]

Oof AP Lit procrastination enabled by this

[@rileylodahl175]

J K I’m here for same thing 😭

[@lindseyforeman1734]

I’m here for the exact same reason

[@jalapenopoppers9607]

i have to read this book in a day and a half. Help

[@ashfield2208]

@@jalapenopoppers9607 legit same

[@ashfield2208]

My god I'm not alone lol

[@johnrobinson8588]

This is excellent voice acting. They really honed the characters and gave them such strong personalities. You just don't hear acting like this anymore.

[@johnapple420]

act 2 starts at 40:40 for anyone that needs it!

[@PMC7009]

Or you can just click "Show more" above.

[@johnapple420]

PMC7009 I didn’t even realize thank you for responding

[@rassicabakane9704]

thank u sm!!

[@arturo43029]

god bless you

[@ziggy8894]

69 likes.... nice

[@socochoco142]

Who else needs this during Corona Quarantine?🤣

[@devinmalone2296]

SocoChoco 14 yeah me too

[@walterfrank9233]

I need this because we have to do this book in English class and the teacher didn't send the book home yet, but expects us to start doing work on it already

[@hindzaidahmad]

I HATE THIS WE ARE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW! It is BORING, I am dying inside :(((((((

[@breannaleblanc7178]

thanks for this!! you just saved me hours rather than spending the night reading the book before my exam tomorrow

[@giselleswan4559]

Breanna Leblanc lol I’m in the same situation now

[@canwegetsubsnovideossubs]

Same here

[@Cream6521]

@@canwegetsubsnovideossubs same

[@tonyescatel8108]

Breanna Leblanc literally doing the exact same thing lol

[@dreamlesssleepart]

Same lmao

[@ancewe]

I’m trying to read the book while listening to take notes and underline important parts but sadly this version is shortened and therefore often skips lines that may not be so important. One may not miss anything important like that but it makes simultaneously reading to it very difficult.

[@nat7579]

Anna Weber SAME!

[@BT-gl3kv]

Anna Weber I agree

[@BBC600]

Thanks for giving the heads up! 😊

[@miketufaro5915]

Thanks for mentioning that this is abridged

[@mrnavastar]

lol yup same

[@samosullivan1744]

Thomas Mitchell was such a brilliant actor! Wonderful voice!

[@arrielradja5522]

I cried man

[@joseargandona5062]

Thomas Mitchell did a great job, just listening to his voice I can imagine the whole play.

[@mubangakapopo9725]

This is such an immense piece of literature, to add to what we've been taught, it's really interesting to the the psychological ripples of mid 1960s American dream culture. It's sad that Willie got so trapped in it that it superceded absolutism and he's arrogance and ambitions became he's reality, it ended up making him adulterous, affecting Biff's future, and the mass effect this had on him was too intense for h to face that he lived in a bubble of hope which became the remedy to he's dillusions Man there's so much to this

[@medicinenoir]

I read the (mainly) lukewarm comments, listened to the wonderful play...Couldn't believe the emotional impact, a wonderful gesture in posting this masterpiece...This is one of the two best plays as opposed to films, posted on You-Tube in my opinion..Here we have an Emperor's New Clothes in reverse, as Willy says he is "nude" to all around him...Superb stuff in a moronic age where the people who would benefit most from listening to this play are the least likely to listen to it...Useful to look at... Synecdoche New York as a film, versus the various postings of Death of a Saleman and the mutual Philosophical Implications both, examine and offer.

[@davidmullins1191]

They skip so much of it, just large chunk after chunk

[@ZQ77751]

This story is so sad... thank you for this video you saved my life !

[@jadafordham5682]

You just helped me with my summer reading

[@mariapires8704]

.... u didn't read shit tho

[@Zebralexis87]

Thank you so much for this! I started reading the book and I couldn't. I got to page 25 and said this is gonna drag on... I'm so glad I was able to listen to it instead of torturing myself. I'm not the biggest fan of this story but it was assigned. I do however enjoy the voice acting. Job well done

[@samuelrobertson1567]

What a beautifully sad play!

[@ashtaylor4107]

Lol Not actually listening to this because I'm scrambling for a class. Just don't want to have to re-read the play. (I have to read it for a college course but I read it in high school - need a refresher). Besides, plays are better this way anyways. Thank you for this :)

[@josephluckert3357]

An amazing version. Kennedy and Mitchell were outstanding.

[@luzie7902]

WHY DOES LINDA LAUGH LIKE THIS?

[@Arty_Smarty]

Fr it’s so scary at 1.75 speed 😭😭😭

[@kylecaudill9261]

This shows you why being "liked" is overrated. Also, its sad to see someone give their everything to something for it to move on and leave them behind.

[@pixiefairy0455]

The mother is so emotional but she irratates me a little, because she supports a husband who cheated on her and i know it's love but she doesn't deserve that.

[@avamasquerade]

It's her willingness to emotionally eviscerate and abandon her sons that pisses me off.

[@madiantin]

It's important to read the play keeping in mind not only how life was for women when it was written, but also the social mores of the time. It seems like it wasn't written too long ago, but according to social norms it was centuries ago. Think about how Biff caught his Dad having an affair, and the Dad blusters his way through it, giving his son an "order" and expecting it to be obeyed no matter what even while Biff's whole life was falling apart. That's pretty dang bad.

[@karlajavier8008]

Thank you. You have save me hours of reading this book

[@JWarren6532]

It's worth reading the real thing or seeing one of the video versions that are more complete. This is one of the classics of American culture, whether you like it or not. It's one of the things people running stuff assume you're familiar with. That's one of the ways the powerful figure out who they want to work with -- shared references.

[@leogonentertainment2024]

Amazing Actors. Great writing Mr.Miller

[@ilovejaundice8947]

i have an exam and im blind in one eye so its kinda difficult to read so thank you sm this saved me

[@knightofendor8384]

Wonder if he had life insurance.

[@samuelnelson9463]

here for my theatre appreciation class, glad there is a good audio version of this play. Thank you

[@xen7020]

Absolutely magnificent audio book! I had an essay due by tonight and this reading completely captivated me!

[@daijastop]

me who has an essay due on this book in t-5 hours and hasnt even read the title yet: 💀

[@the_canadian_ninja_nerd]

How'd it go?

[@hirethemuffins]

honestly what are you goobers doing in an AP Lit class if you're not half interested in the material being read. This is a lovely play, and a despair-inducing portrayal of chasing the American dream. It's really a shame that this is only known for being part of a curriculum

[@kianna747]

Don't worry, they'll appreciate literature once they graduate

[@overlydramaticpanda]

The fact that quite a bit of the script was cut out for this version gives me quite a bit of schadenfreude thinking everyone here bragging about how they just listened to this instead of reading the whole thing must have suffered some quite karmically bad grades for choosing to take the shortcut rather than just reading what is actually a relatively short two-act play.

[@stepbrowecant3715]

love the message, i dislike the writing and the author

[@justjesse4788]

i just listened to it because it’s harder for me to process a piece of writing if not hearing it spoken/ read. I really enjoyed this and i’ve been thinking about it outside of it being an assignment. I don’t think it’s a negative thing to process a piece of writing differently than others.

[@hirethemuffins]

@@justjesse4788 Agreed. I use audio books in accompaniment with the actual text because it just brings a certain life to it! Plus, hearing every character's unique voice just adds so much to the story. I'm glad to hear that this real good work of fiction has had an impact on your life outside of school too :]

[@sophiagarcia6556]

I have to take a final on this at 10:10 today

[@martinsteen6575]

How did it go?

[@hotelbastard7853]

One of my favourites, as was Waiting For Godot.

[@noahhuber9795]

Watch out this isn't the original text used in the book. Partly it is shortened oder different

[@IAmJimRetzer]

If they had filmed this cast it would have been a joy.

[@biancasirianni8312]

They did!

[@JWarren6532]

@@biancasirianni8312 -- well, mostly. Lee J. Cobb instead of Thomas Mitchell.

[@JayysWRLD]

Imagine being assigned a 5 page literary criticism on this -_-

[@sabreenabudelea408]

Bookmark - 11:58 (Page 31)

[@ronaldreagan9416]

Bruh double speed is so useful for AP Lit

[@erikolson5800]

Oh shit you right

[@sowhatandisaidhi2235]

I don't understand what's happening at the beginning of the play when Willy says he was thinking of the red chevy. He says he can't open the windshield on his car because the newer ones no longer have that feature but he thought he had the older car that did?

[@PMC7009]

From "The Burning Jungle: An Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" by Karl Harshbarger: 'Evidently what has caused this sudden change [in Willy's behavior] is his discovery that he was in fact hallucinating earlier in the day when he believed himself to be driving the old Chevy with the windshield open. It is Linda who mentions the windshield ("And we'll open the windshield..."). When Willy corrects her and explains that windshields don't open on the new cars, Linda insists, "But you opened it today." Here we must make a decision. Is Linda unaware that windshields on new cars don't open? Windshields that could be opened on family cars were discontinued in the early thirties. It hardly seems possible that in the late forties Linda thinks windshields open; moreover, she must have ridden in the new Studebaker. So, if she knows windshields don't open in new cars, why does she suggest to Willy that they open it when they go on the picnic? And even if one wanted to argue that she brings the subject up as an honest mistake, why, after Willy has pointed out that the windshields on new cars don't open, does she insist, "But you opened it today"? The answer must be that consciously or unconsciously she wants to remind Willy of his emotional problems. Thus when Willy says he "coulda sworn I was driving that Chevy today," Linda denies any responsibility of bringing it to his attention: "Well, that's nothing. Something must've reminded you." We can understand Willy's turning to the refuge of hallucination at the end of this scene as an escape from a long series of disagreeable ploys by Linda, the windshield incident standing as the last in the series.'

[@Tuna5588_]

Goat

[@callmetokyo9549]

15:40 linda sounds so creepy 😨😰 her laugh is so distorted lmao

[@paolatafolla7952]

Thanks for this!!!!!

[@deeder0323]

1:02:20 Page 111

[@lucifermaclean9483]

this doesn’t match the book i’m reading, are there different versions?

[@PMC7009]

This has been shortened in a few places to make it fit on a record, but nothing has been added.

[@robb7398]

It's great to hear Arthur Kennedy as Biff. I think it's the only recording with him. And most of the original cast (except for Lee J Cobb). Kennedy and Mitchell were the best Biff and Happy.

[@Sesameseedss]

This is a somewhat shortened version, I'm trying to read along with it and it doesn't work. Good audiobook tho if ur not trying to do it for school or something!

[@yuukisama6987]

wElP im doomed

[@ximena7056]

Does anyone know where I can find the footage of the play? I´m doing my dissertation on this play and it would be so helpful to watch the footage of this version.

[@pixiefairy0455]

They might have it on youtube

[@user-dq1qy9go4t]

this is different than my text

[@GuardianReborn_ArcBladeDancer]

R.I.P. Willy

[@aureliantudordumitrescu5828]

Johnny Depp's "Donnie Brasco" voice sounds a lot like Happy's.

[@heavenschickxx6376]

bookmark 1:18:00

[@tarkovsky3875]

No respect noooo respect

[@zhenwu5778]

Mr. Becker!!!!

[@noralavender3798]

Why does it skip some speaking parts?

[@PMC7009]

Because it had to fit on two vinyl LPs in 1950, when the LP was a recent new invention and still too expensive for most people. Adding a third one would have made it more unaffordable still.

[@arinsmutharaks3522]

1:08:31 p120

[@saxophn7776]

21:32 - BEN

[@Arreis_004]

Mark: 40:06

[@themariofan03]

How did Willy die?

[@themariofan03]

Victor Rivera yea but how

[@Bingobongo12]

He drove his car and crashed into a tree or river or another car.

[@menda610]

Did he kill himself intentionally?

[@SCP-1762-BOL]

Just a notes 122 seeds

[@ellaisaac5519]

18:51 page 27

[@PIEKING21]

19:47 bookmark

[@kathrynmorson7015]

9:21 Bookmark

[@amybyron3299]

11:05 bookmark

[@arinsmutharaks3522]

50:50 p90

[@deeder0323]

THANK YOU!

[@official_tiamone]

39:48 Bookmark

[@arabellajennings6058]

jessica lange?!

[@matthewlace3310]

50:34 where I left off

[@griffinwright5001]

1:19:00

[@TheClassicMagda]

I'm reading it

[@TheClassicMagda]

9:01

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25:17

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[@samcohen99]

Why is so much missing?! Is it too much to ask to read the whole thing?!

[@PMC7009]

Because vinyl records had limited playing time, and because this was intended for listeners who wanted to just hear the main outline of the story. Probably nobody expected it to be even listened to in 70 years' time, much less compared to the printed book word for word. Also, in 1950, LP records had come to the market only two years earlier and were still a new luxury item that few people could yet afford. This was a two-record set that cost $11.70, which is approximately $125 in today's money! Adding a third record to remove the need for cuts to the text would have made the price even more prohibitive than it already was.

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7:44

[@zahxu]

41:20 - bookmark

[@saymazaman7840]

0:37

[@robbiekito8384]

17:28 Pg 39

[@chrispearce2101]

37

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25

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13:00

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49:00

[@Cola-Fengirl]

harvard festival in the Navy

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57

[@jason7934]

21:37

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17.28

[@rubenmonroy4824]

WACK

[@ziggy8894]

Oh dear god I hate that laugh....

[@just_ryan_no_b]

LHS gang

[@lindseyforeman1734]

Ryan Runquist do you go to Lincoln High School?

[@just_ryan_no_b]

Lindsey Foreman no, Lubbock (TX)

[@shavaughn7635]

I’m 1k dollower

[@evanlikescats6761]

this book is so fucking mid AP lit is mid

[@panera_employee]

God I hate lang arts

[@robbiekito8384]

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