In his play Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller quite accurately anticipates the mood and the tone of the 1950’s. Death of a Salesman focuses heavily on themes of conformity which came to dominate the United States in the 50’s. This era saw the rise of the suburbs and the birth of a new middle class. At the time, “Contemporary journalists, novelists, and social scientists fed the popular image of suburban life as essentially dull, conformist” (Faragher 798). The characters in Death of a Salesman fit this description quite well with the Loman family trying to fit in and live the American dream just like everybody else. In addition, the play captures the family’s desire to live the “good life” and the American dream. These goals would become
