All 5 Uses of
providence
in
Death of a Salesman
- WILLY: Well, I got on the road, and I went north to Providence.†
Act 1 *providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- BIFF: The Mayor of Providence!†
Act 1
- WILLY: Knocked 'em cold in Providence, slaughtered 'em in Boston.†
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- WILLY: I did five hundred gross in Providence and seven hundred gross in Boston.†
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- WILLY: Well, I—I did—about a hundred and eighty gross in Providence.†
Act 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.