“Death of a Salesman”

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

To understand the literature, and the period it belongs to, it is essential to go through the book in the context of the Modernism literature, and Postmodernism literature to get a better idea. In addition to this, the periods themselves should be studied to better understand them, and relate them to the book. To compare the literature, we take an overview explaining that the Death of a Salesman describes the conflict between the 63-year-old William "Willy" Loman and his 34-year-old son Biff. Willy Loman is an internally torn man whose life takes ...