Charley

E129938

Charley is a supportive and pragmatic neighbor in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman," serving as a foil to Willy Loman's delusions and failures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charley canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
male character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Death of a Salesman ⓘ
linked to: Death of a Salesman

Act II of Death of a Salesman ⓘ
Requiem of Death of a Salesman ⓘ
linked to: Death of a Salesman
appearsInGenre tragedy ⓘ
attends Willy Loman’s funeral ⓘ
characterIn Death of a Salesman ⓘ
contrastsWith Willy Loman ⓘ
Willy Loman’s delusions ⓘ
createdBy Arthur Miller ⓘ
deliversSpeechAbout Willy Loman at the Requiem ⓘ
economicStatus financially stable ⓘ
embodiesTheme success through practicality ⓘ
true friendship ⓘ
firstAppearance Death of a Salesman (1949 play) ⓘ
linked to: Death of a Salesman
genreOfWork American drama ⓘ
hasChild Bernard ⓘ
helpsCharacter Willy Loman ⓘ
isFatherOf Bernard ⓘ
isFriendOf Willy Loman ⓘ
isNeighborOf Willy Loman ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lendsMoneyTo Willy Loman ⓘ
loyalTo Willy Loman ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
moralAlignment benevolent ⓘ
narrativeRole foil to Willy Loman ⓘ
voice of reason ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
offersJobTo Willy Loman ⓘ
personalityTrait pragmatic ⓘ
realistic ⓘ
supportive ⓘ
recognizesWillysFlaws true ⓘ
represents practical American Dream ⓘ
residence Brooklyn ⓘ
respectedBy Bernard ⓘ
supportsCharacter Willy Loman’s family ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction late 1940s ⓘ
treatsWillyWithCompassion true ⓘ
workSetting Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn

New York City ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Falconer → closeFriend → Charley ⓘ
Willy Loman → friend → Charley ⓘ
Willy Loman → neighbor → Charley ⓘ
Charles → hasVariant → Charley ⓘ
subject linked to: the given name Charles