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...feel bad about the businesses, but it's not going to make me stop using my Crimson Cash," said Elizabeth H. Peters '99. "I Understand the plight of the businesses. At the same time, I just don't have any money...
Mather House resident Ryan M. Buchholz '96 can easily sympathize with Smagula's plight...
Unfortunately, the cynicism of the present prevents Loman's plight from being "universal," a necessary condition of any tragedy that hopes to inspire the identification of the audience with the tragic figure. The play thus becomes largely divorced from present societal concerns...
Particularly problematic is the depiction of women as either whores or dish-rags. Elizabeth Franz's Linda, the only female character (out of five) with more than 10 lines, cries her way through the play, lacking the agency to stop Willy's tragic plight, or at least plead ignorance. Franz plays the part in all Miller's intended misogyny, unaware of any alternative interpretation for a complex character who keeps her family together in the most harrowing of times. Her affectedly frail voice and inability to complete a scene without crying are a true source of anguish to the viewer...
Kochiyama emphasized the historical similarities of the plight of African- and Asian-Americans in the U.S., and stressed their need for unity in the future...