Death of a Salesman

In Arthur Miller’s American classic, “Death of a Salesman” Willy, a husband and a father of two sons, is desperately trying to live out the ‘American dream’ with the mentality that attractiveness and likeability is the key to success. In the play while talking to his sons, Happy and Biff, about his ‘American dream’ Willey, as an example, explains that he is going to be greater than Uncle Charley, a wealthy businessman, because “He’s liked, but he’s not well liked” (Miller 232). This is…

greater despair each time. Willy’s father left him and Ben when Willy is very young, to pursue his career as a successful salesman, leaving Willy neither a tangible nor an intangible legacy. Ben eventually departs for Alaska, leaving Willy alone with his misapprehension of the…

Though out high school, we learned of what professors deemed the classics including Death of a Salesman. This play was written in the 1950s, by Arthur Miller, about a man, Willy Loman. He was a salesman and had been all his life, but his career was coming to an end. Willy was getting old and senile, he was no longer making money for his company. His wife Linda, is noticing he is going under and finds out he has plans to kill himself to allow his family to claim his life insurance. After losing…

American playwright Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman follows the self-induced misery inflicted upon a tired, traveling salesman, Willy Loman. The play opens up on New Yorkers, Willy, his wife Linda, and their two adult sons, Biff and Happy, who are visiting under the pretense of Biff coming in from the west. Biff does not seem to get much praise from his move. In fact, immediately after he steps off of the train, his father asks him about his financial welfare out on the farm he works.…

In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, readers get an insight into the struggle of a middle class family that can't live a comfortable life due to the demands of a poor paying job with little rewards and promise. The man of the family, Willy Loman, can’t give up the past glorious success he once had as a traveling salesman. He has two dysfunctional sons, Hap and Biff, whom never made anything of their lives, who never sought out for a higher quality of life, who leave and eventually come back…

Death of a Salesman introduces three interesting characters in the middle of Act I: Charley, Uncle Ben, and “the woman.” “The woman” is a figment of Willy’s imagination who pays strong reliance on her propriety and beauty. “The woman” represents his desires for Linda and in women in general. She represents his desires for a relationship, but when his wife does the same thing he grows incendiary towards her and pushes her away. An example of this is when Linda is making stockings, just like the…

conversation with someone as though you’ve been everywhere and learned everything will end up making you look like a fool, and a rude fool at that. After all, events and past experiences play a major role in one’s understanding and character. In “Death of a Salesman,” past experiences have a strong presence in Willy’s current actions. His words throughout the work bring forth irony and elicit pity from the reader as the line between his past and present is blurred significantly. Willy’s…

inspired him to take the path and lifestyle of a salesman. Willy strives to be like Singleman and is particularly fond of one thing about him: his ability to be liked. Miller utilizes Singleman’s life as the fantasy Willy is thriving for. Willy even desires the way Singleman passes: “When he died, -and he died, by the way, the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers….- when he died hungers of salesman and buyers were at his funeral.” Even in death Willy wants it to be attended by many…

Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” portrays the story of Willy Loman, a struggling salesman, who tries to provide economic security for his family. His pursuit of success affect his family, and especially his drive to make his two sons, Happy and Biff, to follow his footsteps to become businessmen. The concept of the American dream corrupted Willy’s common sense, which eventually caused his suicide, that preserved his idea of success by taking it to the grave. According to the “Oxford English…

The Death of a Salesman is a tragic play. In the book, Willy and Linda, who are married, live together in the city during the 1940s. They have two sons, Happy and Biff. Willy is a traveling salesman, and initially in the story, all seems well. But, that is not the case. There are many problems within the Loman family, and the characters eventually reach their breaking points. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman in the New England area. He lives with his wife Linda, and they have two sons. They…