LINDA: Forgive me, dear. I can't cry. I don't know what it is, but I can't cry. I don't understand it. Why did you ever do that? Help me, Willy, I can't cry. It seems to me that you're just on another trip. I keep expecting you. Willy, dear, I can't
cry. Why did you do it? I search and search and I search, and I can't understand it, Willy. I made the last payment on
the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home. A sob rises in her throat. We're free and clear. Sobbing
more fully, released: We're free. BIFF comes slowly toward her. We're free ... We're free ...
BIFF lifts her to her feet and moves out up right with her in his arms. LINDA sobs quietly. BERNARD and CHARLEY
come together and follow them, followed by HAPPY. Only the music of the flute is left on the darkening stage as over
the house the hard towers of the apartment buildings rise into sharp focus, and
The Gurtain Falls
Linda's closing remarks in lines 52-64 incorporate which of the following?
A. Soliloquy
B. apostrophe
C. personification
D. dramatic irony
E. verbal irony