The play’s themes of the American Dream and the disillusionment of middle-class life have made it a staple of American literature and theater. The play is also known for its powerful characterization and emotional depth, with Willy serving as a tragic figure who is both sympathetic and deeply flawed. “Death of a Salesman” is notable for its innovative structure, which uses flashbacks and non-linear narrative to explore the inner workings of Willy’s mind and emotions. The play explores themes of the American Dream, family, and the disillusionment of middle-class life in post-war America. The play tells the story of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who is struggling to make ends meet and to maintain his sense of self-worth.Īs the play unfolds, Willy becomes increasingly disillusioned with his life and his prospects for success, and begins to experience hallucinations and flashbacks to his past. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780141182742 Number of pages: 128 Weight: 100 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 7 mm You may also be interested in.“Death of a Salesman” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Arthur Miller, first performed on Broadway in 1949.
In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller defined his aim as being 'to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life'. Failing at his job, dismayed at his the failure of his sons, Biff and Happy, to live up to his expectations, and tortured by his jealousy at the success and happiness of his neighbour Charley and his son Bernard, Willy spirals into a well of regret, reminiscence, and A scathing indictment of the ultimate failure of the American dream, and the empty pursuit of wealth and success, is a harrowing journey.
You can't eat the fruit and throw the peel away' Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre, and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life.
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