More Symbolism!

Based on the context from the play, type the symbol from the play that best fits, and choose what that symbol represents.

1.)
Ben, giving great weight to each word, and with a certain vivacious audacity: William, when I walked into the jungle, I was seventeen. When I waslked out I was twenty-one. And, by God, I was rich! He goes off into the darkness around the right corner of the house.
Willy:... was rich! That's just the spirit I want to imbue them with! To walk into the jungle! I was right! I was right! I was right! (52)
The symbol is:

This symbol represents:
? ? ? All that Willy hopes Biff and Happy to be Willy trying to leave something behind to be remembered It is used to remind the audience of Willy's past actions Biff's revolt against society

2.)
Biff: Don't you give a damn for him, Hap?
Happy: What're you talking about? I'm the one who-
Biff: I sense it, you don't give a goddam about him. He takes the rolled-up hose from his pocket and puts it on the tabe in front of Happy. Look what I found in the cellar, for Christ's sake. How can you bear to let it go on?
Happy: Me? Who goes away? Who runs off and-
Biff: Yeah, but he doesn't mean anything to you. You could help him- I can't! Don't you understand what I'm talking about? He's going to kill himself, don't you know that? (115)
The symbol is:
This symbol represents:
? ? ? Biff's revolt against society standards Willy trying to leave something behind to be remembered All that Willy hopes Biff and Happy to be It is used to remind the audience of Willy's past actions


3.)
Biff: He walked away. I saw him for one minute. I got so mad I could've torn the walls down! How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and- I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been! We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years. I was a shipping clerk.
Happy: What's you do?
Biff, with great tension and wonder: Well, he left, see. And the secretary went out. I was all alone in the waiting-room. I don't know what came over me, Hap. The nest thing I know I'm in his office- paneled walls, everything. I can't explain it. I- Hap, I took the fountain pen. (104)
The symbol is:

This symbol represents:
? ? ? It is used to remind the audience of Willy's past actions Willy trying to leave something behind to be remembered All that Willy hopes Biff and Happy to be Biff's revolt against society standards

4.)
"The light dies down on them and comes up on the center of the apron as Willy walks into it. He is carrying a flashlight, a hoe, and a handful of seed packets. He raps the top of the hoe sharply to fix it firmly, and then moves to the left, measuring off the distance with his foot. He holds the flashlight to look at the seed packets, reading off the instructions" (125).
The symbol is:
This symbol represents: ? ? ? Willy trying to leave something behind to be remembered It is used to remind the audience of Willy's past actions Biff's revolt against society standards All that Willy hopes Biff and Happy will be

Listening Activity/Independent Practice
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