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Author’s Name: Arthur Miller
Book’s Name: Death of A Salesman
Genre: Tragedy
Language: English
About the Author
Arthur Miller was an American playwright and writer who worked in the theatre in the twentieth century. All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge are among his most well-known works. He was most known for his work on The Misfits, for which he authored numerous screenplays. The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the twentieth century.
Arthur Miller was an American playwright and writer who worked in the theatre in the twentieth century. All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge are among his most well-known works. He was most known for his work on The Misfits, for which he authored numerous screenplays. The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the twentieth century.
About the Book
The play Death of a Salesman was created by American playwright Arthur Miller in 1949. In February1949, the play had its Broadway debut and lasted for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy occurring in 1940s New York and portrayed through a montage of the protagonist Willy Loman's recollections, nightmares, and fights. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who is dissatisfied with his life and looks to be drifting into senility.
The play Death of a Salesman was created by American playwright Arthur Miller in 1949. In February1949, the play had its Broadway debut and lasted for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy occurring in 1940s New York and portrayed through a montage of the protagonist Willy Loman's recollections, nightmares, and fights. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who is dissatisfied with his life and looks to be drifting into senility.
Book Summary
Willy Loman, an elderly salesman, arrives home from a business trip early. Willy had an awakening moment after nearly crashing numerous times and realizes he shouldn't be driving. Willy's wife, Linda, advises that he approach his employer, Howard, for a local office position at the New York headquarters because he is no longer able to fulfill his work as a traveling salesman. Willy believes that winning the new job is a certain conclusion since he (mistakenly) views himself as a valuable salesperson.
We start to recognize Willy and Linda's adult boys, Biff and Happy, as well as some family history. Biff has recently returned home from a farmhand job in the West. Willy believes Biff has the potential to be wealthy and successful, but he is misusing his abilities and needs to get back on track. Biff, Willy believes, is being wishy-washy to spite him.
Willy starts experiencing flashbacks later that night and talks to imagined pictures as if they were actual people. Something is wrong, as you may have suspected. He's yelling so loudly that Happy and Biff are startled awake. The brothers are understandably concerned because they had never seen their father in such a state.
Biff decides to go to a previous boss, Bill Oliver, about receiving a loan to establish a company since he feels he should stay close to home and repair his connection with his father.
Willy wakes everyone up in the middle of the night by chatting to himself so loudly. Linda tells her sons that she and Willy are having financial difficulties. Worse, Willy has started making suicide attempts. She's anxious, and she takes it out on her boys, accusing Biff of making Willy unhappy.
Willy now joins in on the family debate, and things quickly deteriorate. He and Biff start arguing, but Happy interrupts by saying that Biff plans to meet Oliver the next morning. Willy is delighted. Willy hopes to acquire a local job, and Biff expects to get company financing, so everyone goes to bed confident that tomorrow will bring their dreams true.
Of course, the next day, everything goes wrong. Willy is upbeat and confident when he meets with Howard, his boss. Willy is dismissed instead of being transferred to the New York office. As he walks out the door to meet his boys at a restaurant, he begins to hallucinate and, indeed, talk with fictitious persons once more.
While waiting for their father at the restaurant, Biff informs Happy that Oliver would not recognize him and had no idea who he was. Biff, distressed, vengeful, and a psychopath, took Oliver's fountain pen. Biff has recognized that he was foolish to believe he'd ever be able to acquire a loan and that he and his family have been lying to themselves for the better part of their life.
When Biff's father, Willy, walks into the restaurant wanting good news, he struggles to describe what occurred without disappointing him. Willy, who can't take it anymore, attempts to make it seem like it's not real.
Willy Loman, an elderly salesman, arrives home from a business trip early. Willy had an awakening moment after nearly crashing numerous times and realizes he shouldn't be driving. Willy's wife, Linda, advises that he approach his employer, Howard, for a local office position at the New York headquarters because he is no longer able to fulfill his work as a traveling salesman. Willy believes that winning the new job is a certain conclusion since he (mistakenly) views himself as a valuable salesperson.
We start to recognize Willy and Linda's adult boys, Biff and Happy, as well as some family history. Biff has recently returned home from a farmhand job in the West. Willy believes Biff has the potential to be wealthy and successful, but he is misusing his abilities and needs to get back on track. Biff, Willy believes, is being wishy-washy to spite him.
Willy starts experiencing flashbacks later that night and talks to imagined pictures as if they were actual people. Something is wrong, as you may have suspected. He's yelling so loudly that Happy and Biff are startled awake. The brothers are understandably concerned because they had never seen their father in such a state.
Biff decides to go to a previous boss, Bill Oliver, about receiving a loan to establish a company since he feels he should stay close to home and repair his connection with his father.
Willy wakes everyone up in the middle of the night by chatting to himself so loudly. Linda tells her sons that she and Willy are having financial difficulties. Worse, Willy has started making suicide attempts. She's anxious, and she takes it out on her boys, accusing Biff of making Willy unhappy.
Willy now joins in on the family debate, and things quickly deteriorate. He and Biff start arguing, but Happy interrupts by saying that Biff plans to meet Oliver the next morning. Willy is delighted. Willy hopes to acquire a local job, and Biff expects to get company financing, so everyone goes to bed confident that tomorrow will bring their dreams true.
Of course, the next day, everything goes wrong. Willy is upbeat and confident when he meets with Howard, his boss. Willy is dismissed instead of being transferred to the New York office. As he walks out the door to meet his boys at a restaurant, he begins to hallucinate and, indeed, talk with fictitious persons once more.
While waiting for their father at the restaurant, Biff informs Happy that Oliver would not recognize him and had no idea who he was. Biff, distressed, vengeful, and a psychopath, took Oliver's fountain pen. Biff has recognized that he was foolish to believe he'd ever be able to acquire a loan and that he and his family have been lying to themselves for the better part of their life.
When Biff's father, Willy, walks into the restaurant wanting good news, he struggles to describe what occurred without disappointing him. Willy, who can't take it anymore, attempts to make it seem like it's not real.
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He begins to drift back into the dreamlike past, recalling the time when Biff found out about his (Willy's) romance with a lady in Boston. While their father is preoccupied with his detachment from reality, Biff and Happy abandon him in favor of two females.
When Biff and Happy return home from their dates, they are greeted by their mother, who is furious because they left their father at the restaurant. A huge fight occurs. No one wants to listen to Biff, but he gets the message out that he can't live up to his father's high expectations and is a failure. He's the only one who notices that they've been lying to themselves, and he informs them.
Willy realizes that, despite being a "failure," Biff seemed to love him at the end of the night's battle. Willy, on the other hand, can't seem to get beyond the "failure" part. He believes that the most significant contribution he can make to his son's achievement is to commit suicide.
Biff might then utilize the money from the life insurance policy to establish a company. A loud crash occurs after a few minutes. Willy has committed suicide.
Linda, who is still convinced that her husband was a well-liked salesperson, asks why no one attended to his burial in the final scene. Biff continues to see beyond his family's dishonesty and aspires to be a better guy who is truthful to himself. Unfortunately, Happy desires to follow in his father's footsteps.
When Biff and Happy return home from their dates, they are greeted by their mother, who is furious because they left their father at the restaurant. A huge fight occurs. No one wants to listen to Biff, but he gets the message out that he can't live up to his father's high expectations and is a failure. He's the only one who notices that they've been lying to themselves, and he informs them.
Willy realizes that, despite being a "failure," Biff seemed to love him at the end of the night's battle. Willy, on the other hand, can't seem to get beyond the "failure" part. He believes that the most significant contribution he can make to his son's achievement is to commit suicide.
Biff might then utilize the money from the life insurance policy to establish a company. A loud crash occurs after a few minutes. Willy has committed suicide.
Linda, who is still convinced that her husband was a well-liked salesperson, asks why no one attended to his burial in the final scene. Biff continues to see beyond his family's dishonesty and aspires to be a better guy who is truthful to himself. Unfortunately, Happy desires to follow in his father's footsteps.
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Written By - Grasha Mittal
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