Glengarry Glen Ross
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Take four Willy Lomans who are still young enough to be aggressive and effective as con men, pit them against one another for their dignity and economic survival, and throw in a lot of dark and expletive-laden dialogue and you have the setting for David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, a scathing attack on the inhuman environment of the corporate capitalist world. The play focuses on the goings on of four cut-throat real estate salesmen who compete against each other in a realm where the number of lucrative leads defines manhood and the failure to close a deal can have career-ending consequences. Levene, Aaronow, Moss, and Roma are four real estate salesman whose jockey with one another to be top-dog in the lucrative real estate market. Whether they have to milk the last pennies from a retiree or drain every last cent of discretionary income from middle-class couples, these men have one purpose in life—close a sale. It makes no difference if the plots of land they are selling are knee-deep in duck weed, bull rushes, or a wind blown cactus plantation, the sale is what matters. Unfortunately, it is also what defines their soul and gives meaning to their identities.Shelley Levine is an on-the-ropes salesman who is fading faster than Willy Loman does in Death of a Salesman, a play that might be considered the precursor to Mamet’s even darker satire of capitalism. Levine is aware of his eroding condition, but he proves his manhood to the othe
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f who is drained from the extreme stress such an environment and demeanor manifest. This is why he often leaves his sentences unfinished and peppers his speech with more expletives than can be heard at a truck driver’s convention: “Moss: The whole fuckin’ thing…The pressure’s just too great. You’re ab…you’re absolu…they’re too important. All of them. You go in the door. I…I got to close this fucker, or I don’t eat lunch. Or I don’t win the Cadillac…We fuckin’ work too hard. You work too hard. We all, I remember when we were at Platt…” (Mamet 56). Explosive anger is the release mechanism which Aaronow uses to survive as the man whose identity has been sharply honed to be manipulative, cruel, and ruthlessly deceitful.
In contrast to Levine, Roma is the fast-talking, hot-shot up-and-coming golden boy of the office. Roma is so consumed and defined character-wise by his obsession at conning others he is annoyed that he has to take time away from a potentially new pigeon who is interesting in buying, Lingk. Roma is more impulsive than the others. He is quick-tempered and has no qualms about venting his arrogance and frustration with others to anyone in earshot. However, he is deeply insecure and filled with fear like th
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Approximate Word count = 2112
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)
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