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Willy Loman, an elderly failing salesman whose salary has been taken away and works on straight commission, returns home from a sales trip that he could not complete. ... " It is possible that Willy was once a vital salesman, but he is not anymore. ... Willy refuses Bens business offer once more, and tries to defend his position as a "lowly" salesman. ... Willy responds with a long monologue about why he became a salesman. He talks about an old salesmen he once knew: "…when he died - and by the way he died the death of a salesmen, in his green velvet slippers … hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral." This was where Willys illusions of becoming a salesman began. ... Willy gets in his car and drives to his death. ... " Charlie
"He died the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers. ... In Death of Salesman, Arthur Miller uses several motifs. ...
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman is, for Miller, the antithesis of the classic tragic hero. ...
In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. For Willy, his adventurer/explorer brother, Ben, and his salesman hero, Dave Singleman, are images of success, but the character of Ben is fantastical and the achievements of Dave are idealised and exaggerated. ...
Cultural Context
Death of a Salesman is a social commentary on American society in the era before World War I to the time after World War II. ...
Plot Summary
Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realise that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. ...
Themes and Issues
Family Relationships
Relationships form an important theme in Death of a Salesman. ... He constantly returns to the past, often with rose-tinted glasses, believing he was the greatest salesman that ever lived. ... He is a 63-year old travelling salesman who cannot perform as he used to and is unable to compete with the harsh business environment of the time.
Approximate Word count = 9106
Approximate Pages = 36.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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