Death Of A Salesman Symbolism Analysis

Register to read the introduction… In this particular play the story takes place in their house, which is surrounded by many buildings and there is very little mother nature to be seen. It also takes place in Boston, which is where his affair took place. The other places that are not really mentioned are those where he traveled to because of his job.

The Protagonist of a story is the main character, which in this play is Willy Loman. He is a salesman in his mid sixty’s and is delusional. Throughout the story we see that he has a hard time accepting reality. He has this concept of an “ideal family” and he thinks his family is like that.

Symbolism is another element Arthur miller used in his play. Symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships. There is very little symbolism in the play but it was very significant. One of them is the stockings. The stockings symbolize Willy’s affair. His wife had to fix the stockings she had because they were breaking, while the other lady had brand new stockings. The other symbolic thing in this play would be all his “business trips”. This to me symbolizes the family disunity. He was constantly traveling. Towards the end of the play Miller says: “The leaves of the day are appearing over everything”. This to me means a new beginning, a new life, which is probably what Willy wanted for his