Summary of death of the salesman

Introduction

“Death of the Salesman” is written by Arthur Miller, who is one of most famous writers of modern era. The play is intimately tied up with idea of American dream and concept of opportunities it presents. America is considered to be land of opportunities. It is assumed that even the man with little or no knowledge and skills can come and become the part of this country. In his play, author Miller presents this thought of opportunity, and demonstrates that fresh opportunities does not take place every day (Bloom, 35).

Summary

Willy Loman is an old salesman who is returning early from scheduled time from the business trip. After failing many times, central character Willy has moment of enlightenment and he realizes that he should not work anymore. Seeing that her loving husband is not able to do job of the traveling salesman, his wife whose name is Linda, suggests Willy that he should ask his boss, Howard, to give him the job at the local office of New York. Willy assumes that getting this new job is the sure thing because he believes himself to be the salesman of great worth.

We start to discover some family background and discover about Willy and Linda's sons, Biff and Happy. Biff has just returned to them from job he was doing as the farmhand in West. Willy conceives Biff could effortlessly become wealthy and thriving, but is trashing his gifts and desires to embark track. Willy conceives Biff is being wish-washy to spite him.

Later that night, Willy begins having flashbacks and conversing to envisaged pictures if they were genuine people (Bloom, 36). You estimated it. Something is wrong. He's ranting so blaring that Happy and Biff awaken up. Both sons are legitimately concerned, as they have never had the glimpse of their dad like this. Biff feels that he should stay close to house and rectify his connection with his father. He thinks he should also talk to his previous boss, Bill Oliver, about getting the loan to start the new business (Hurell, 44).

Linda, in contrast, displays little of Willy's rowdy intensity. Rather, she is faithful and kind, who is perpetually trying to glossy out argument that Willy might encounter. Linda has the yearning for the romanticized past, but has wise to stifle her aspiration and her dissatisfaction with her husband as well as sons. Miller shows that she is the woman full of deep laments about life; she should frequently settle her husband with her children's, and support the man who has fully failed in his life's ventures. Linda is living only in context of her family relationships.

The foremost confrontation in play is between father and Biff. Before Biff seems on stage, Linda shows that Willy and Biff are unendingly at odds with each other because of Biffs' incompetence to reside up to his father's expectations.

Linda states that Biff is the man who has still not yet "found himself." At age of thirty-four, Biff continues to some ...