1.

Jerry carrying on an affair with his best friend’s wife is the worst betrayal in the
play. This is the biggest betrayal because it includes more than just two people so it
impacts more and causes more heartbreak. “No, she didn’t. She didn’t tell me about you
and her last night. She told me about you and her four years ago. So she didn’t have to
tell me again last night Because I knew. And she knew I knew because she told me
herself four years ago” (Pinter 14). With this betrayal, there is also lying which is another
betrayal within the betrayal making it more complicated and worse.

2.

The truest moment of betrayal in the play is in scene 2 when Jerry finds out that
Emma told Robert about the affair four years ago but Jerry thought that Emma told
Robert about the affair the night before. “No, she didn’t. She didn’t tell me about you and
her last night. She told me about you and her four years ago. So she didn’t have to tell
me again last night. Because I knew. And she knew I knew because she told me herself
four years ago.” (Pinter 14). This is the truest moment of betrayal because Emma lied to
Jerry and told him that she told Robert about the affair the night before without his
consent but then the next day, Jerry finds out that Robert had known for four years and
did not even bother to Jerry when he first knew.

3.

The play enforces this notion by showing that each character betrayed their
families. So these bitches technically cheated on each and every person. Let’s not forget
about the children and how Emma does not seem to care about how the affair will affect
her kids. Look at the way you're looking at me. I can't wait for you. I'm bowled over, I'm
totally knocked out, you dazzle me, you jewel, my jewel, I can't ever sleep again, no,
listen, it's the truth, I won't walk, I'll be a cripple, I'll descend, I'll diminish, into total
paralysis, my life is in your hands, that's what you're banishing me to, a state of
catatonia, do you know the state of catatonia? do you? do you? the state of...where the
reigning prince is the prince of emptiness, the prince of absence, the prince of
desolation. I love you.”

4.

This play benefited by being told backwards because it shows the consequences first
after all of the actions have been done. It also keeps the reader hooked because the
more you read into the play, more of the unknown becomes known. For example, in the
first scene, Emma finds out that Robert has been having an affair with another woman.
“You know what I found out… last night? He’s betrayed me for years. He’s had… other
women for years.” (Pinter 11).

5.

Well, they talk as if they have a stick up their ass. This stick is a metaphor for the affairs
that they all participated in. It’s an intense feeling to know that you betrayed your best
friend and family and having a stick up your ass is a very intense sensation I would
imagine. “EMMA: We’re lovers.
ROBERT: Ah, yes. I thought it might be something like that. Something along those
lines.
EMMA: When?
ROBERT: What?
EMMA: When did you think?
ROBERT: Yesterday. Only yesterday. When I saw his handwriting on the letter. Before
yesterday I was quite ignorant.
EMMA: Ah. (pause) I’m sorry.
ROBERT: Sorry? (silence) How long?
EMMA: Some time.
ROBERT: Yes, but how long exactly?
EMMA: Five years.
ROBERT: Five years?”
All of your “tests” will be extended response questions based on the text. Each test will require
you to respond to five prompts. Each response will be worth 4 points and should:
-Answer all aspects of the question. (2 points)
-Provide a correctly cited quotation from the text to support your claim. (2 points)
a. “Quote, quote, blah blah blah” (Miller 94).

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Answer five of the following questions to the best of your ability.

1. Willy believes that he is dying as a martyr for his family. Do you agree with this
statement? Why or why not?

2. What do women’s stockings symbolize in the play?

3. Willy’s dreams of the past are somewhat perfect and idyllic. What evidence is
there that these memories were not as perfect as Willy remembers them?

4. Discuss how Willy is both similar and different to George and Tyrone from Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

5. How does the play criticize the American Dream or the American way of life?

6. Biff says that Willy “had the wrong dreams.” What are these “wrong” dreams, and
what may have been better dreams for Willy?

7. Does Linda know about the Woman in Boston? What does this say about her
character?

8. Discuss the conflict between Willy and Biff.

All of your “tests” will be extended response questions based on the text. Each test will require
you to respond to five prompts. Each response will be worth 4 points and should:
-Answer all aspects of the question. (2 points)
-Provide a correctly cited quotation from the text to support your claim. (2 points)
b. “Quote, quote, blah blah blah” (O’Neill 94).

You will include all of these short essay responses on the Script Analysis page of your website.

Answer five of the following questions to the best of your ability.

1. What is the significance of the title?

2. What are common themes between Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?

3. Describe how each character is both a victim and a victimizer.

4. Describe how the fog and foghorn can be viewed as symbols in the play.

5. How does the past have lasting effects on each character?

6. Describe how each character could be blamed for the family’s problems.

7. How can repetition be seen as a motif in the play, and what is O’Neill saying by using
repetition as a motif?

8. This play takes place in one day--create an argument for what will happen the next day.
All of your “tests” will be extended response questions based on the text. Each test will require
you to respond to five prompts. Each response will be worth 4 points and should:
-Answer all aspects of the question. (2 points)
-Provide a correctly cited quotation from the text to support your claim. (2 points)
c. “Quote, quote, blah blah blah” (Albee 94).

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Answer five of the following questions to the best of your ability.

1. Some believe that Nick and Honey represent the Soviet Union, while George and Martha
represent America. How does the play support this theory? (Remember, we are set in
the 1960s).

2. What binds George and Martha together: hate or love?

3. Is Honey as oblivious as she seems to the blatant flirtation going on between her
husband and Martha for most of the play?

4. To what extent has Martha been unfaithful to George in the past?

5. Compare and contrast Nick and George. What does each lack and envy in the other?

6. How does each characters' choice of beverage reflect his or her personality?

7. Describe the motif of game playing. How does playing games contribute to the overall
message of the play?

8. How does each of the titles convey a major theme of the acts?