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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It premiered on Broadway in 1949 and has been revived on Broadway four times. It is also widely performed in theaters around the world. The play is required reading for many high school English and drama classes.
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Why is Death of a Salesman an example of a social drama?
Type your answer The play carries a message about real problems that people face here...
Linda's reaction when she discovers Willy is trying to kill himself is to?
Try to protect him but also try not to embarrass him.
Can you negotiate with a different salesman at same dealership?
There's no law against it.
That doesn't mean the dealership or the first salesman is going to make it easy for you. Once you've been greeted by a salesman, at most dealerships they're considered to own you. In order to get a different salesman, you're probably going to have to leave and come back, and you might have to repeat this a couple of times before you actually do get someone different.
What is the significance of the tubing that Linda has found in the basement in Death of a Salesman?
It's something Willy may use to kill himself
In Death of a Salesman who discovers Willys affair?
Biff discovers it while Willy is "selling" in Boston. Willy tries to play it off as a woman who is in his room because they're painting her room, but Biff is old enough to know that Willy has been having an affair.
In Death of a Salesman what does Will's boss show him?
In the Morning as willy comes to office to ask his boss, Howard Wagner for a transfer to New York. As Willy enters the office he sees Howard with a Wire-recorder. It's a machine that records something and you can listen to it whenever you want to. This was what Willy's boss had shown him.
In one or two sentences state what the play Death of a Salesman is about?
its about this salesman right... and he has death coming to him.
arthur miller
Death of a Salesman bernard becomes a?
in the play bernard who was once a geek, becomes a very successful lawyer, it is said "he is going to argue a case in front of the supreme court" this is ironic as willy himself said bernard would never be successful and biff would be fantastic. when it turns out bernard is super successful willy is confused as to why bernard was successful and biff not.
How does Death of a Salesman reflect post war life?
Death of a Salesman is of a Jewish man after World War two. Willy, The main character, Is the Salesman. so this is shortly after the Holocaust, and in a time of Economic Stability from the increased production from the War.
What describes one of the central tensions in Death of a Salesman?
self-knowledge vs. inherited notions of identity
What event is an antecedent action in Death of a Salesman?
Ben tells Willy about an opportunity in Alaska.
Who Wrote Death of a Salesman and when and where was the author born?
Arthur Miller . He was born on 17 October 1915 in New York City.
What do the loman brothers have in common in Death of a Salesman?
They both have not accomplished anything.
decide if willy loman is a tragic hero
What songs are related to Death of a Salesman?
Some songs that can relate to Death of a Salesman are REM's song Everybody Hurts and Simple Plan's song Perfect. The song Honestly by Billy Joel can also relate to Death of a Salesman.
Characters names in Death of a Salesman?
Willy, Biff, Happy, Linda, Ben, Charley, Bernard, "the woman", Howard, Jenny, Stanley, Miss Forsythe, Letta
