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This flashback shows the audience how plagued by the affair Willy still feels after all this time.
In this play flashback is achieved successfully by the, Positioning of the actors when on stage. All the flashback action takes place down stage, and the actors enter through wall not conventional doors and windows to show that it is the past, as they cannot use the present doors. The light and music also signal that a flashback is about to begin as with 'Ben's music', this initiates his arrival. As we move into flashback with young successful Bernard the stage directions state what the 'light of green leaves stains' mean. They show that …show more content…
The costumes, make-up moods and hair are also different in the past as the play presents a younger character for example, 'Biff, in his high-school sweater.' The Loman family are happier in the past and so we hear, 'The gay music of the boys.'
The backdrop changes frequently. We see this primarily in the first flashback page 15 when the skyscrapers change to trees and leaves.
This shows the environment, which the Loman family used to live in.
The function of flashback in Death of a Salesman has proven to be successful. It helps to show the contrast between the past and the present, an insight into Willie's behaviour, and also explains the decline that Willy is experiencing in throughout his life. The variety of moods, location and atmosphere throughout the play and its flashbacks make it easier for the audience to comprehend and get an in sight into the characters personality. This play makes it easy for the audience to relate to the characters and their lives. What the Loman's are going through is a part of reality of which many people have to deal with everyday and so by incorporating flashbacks into the script makes the theme more accessible to
In this play flashback is achieved successfully by the, Positioning of the actors when on stage. All the flashback action takes place down stage, and the actors enter through wall not conventional doors and windows to show that it is the past, as they cannot use the present doors. The light and music also signal that a flashback is about to begin as with 'Ben's music', this initiates his arrival. As we move into flashback with young successful Bernard the stage directions state what the 'light of green leaves stains' mean. They show that …show more content…
The costumes, make-up moods and hair are also different in the past as the play presents a younger character for example, 'Biff, in his high-school sweater.' The Loman family are happier in the past and so we hear, 'The gay music of the boys.'
The backdrop changes frequently. We see this primarily in the first flashback page 15 when the skyscrapers change to trees and leaves.
This shows the environment, which the Loman family used to live in.
The function of flashback in Death of a Salesman has proven to be successful. It helps to show the contrast between the past and the present, an insight into Willie's behaviour, and also explains the decline that Willy is experiencing in throughout his life. The variety of moods, location and atmosphere throughout the play and its flashbacks make it easier for the audience to comprehend and get an in sight into the characters personality. This play makes it easy for the audience to relate to the characters and their lives. What the Loman's are going through is a part of reality of which many people have to deal with everyday and so by incorporating flashbacks into the script makes the theme more accessible to