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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Is Biff from The death of a salesman good character to do for serious monologue


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"No, nobody's hanging himself, Willy. I ran down eleven flights with a pen in my hand today, and suddenly I stopped , you hear me ? and in the middle of that office building... do you hear this ? I stopped in the middle of that office building and I saw the sky, I saw the things that I love in this world, the work and the food and time to sit and smoke and I looked at the pen and said to myself .... I'm not bringing home any prizes anymore and you're going to stop waiting for me to bring them home."


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"No, nobody's hanging himself, Willy. I ran down eleven flights with a pen in my hand today, and suddenly I stopped , you hear me ? and in the middle of that office building... do you hear this ? I stopped in the middle of that office building and I saw the sky, I saw the things that I love in this world, the work and the food and time to sit and smoke and I looked at the pen and said to myself .... I'm not bringing home any prizes anymore and you're going to stop waiting for me to bring them home."

Yeah great, but overdone.

It's not bad although I prefer monologues that are from more obscure plays - have a look at one from Cherry Docs (David Gow) - It is mind blowing! (It's about a young guy who is on death row)

Apparently Arthur Miller thought so.

I like it. My first impression upon seeing the question line was "why Biff, why not Willy (?) Loman?" BUt after reading the quote, yeah, it could be a good monologue.