Death Of A Salesman Essay

Death of a Salesman was the very first play to win a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Arthur Miller was first inspired to write this dramatic tragedy by his uncle who was a salesman.

Death of a Salesman tackles the difficulties of obtaining the American dream in the early 1950’s through the life of protagonist, Willy Loman. The play is mostly set in Brooklyn, New York. The scenery is based off where Loman lives, an apartment building, boxed in by other larger houses. The life of a 60 year old salesman pursues the American dream even though he lacks work ethics while thinking he is better at his job when in reality is quite the opposite. Despite this, he builds ambition and believes in obtaining real wealth. His two sons grow with concern

He starts to reflect on the past, has an affair with another woman and finally ends up taking his own life.

Death of a Salesman is a realistic story that deals with the life of an ordinary man’s life with his family and having to face any obstacle that may surface in that time period. World known author John Greene wrote a book called “Paper Towns,” which is a story based off of a teenage boy had for his mysterious neighbor. His neighbor was convinced that she lived in a paper town, full of paper people and excreting materialism. She was so overcome with the stress brought on her with the cliché of life that she ran away to a town in the middle of nowhere and where no one knew where she was.

These two stories are similar in the fact that both characters struggle with everyday society. People often look at life as only having one life while others will think that maybe there’s something bigger waiting somewhere and all that’s needed to be done is chase after it. The 1950’s was superior when it came to simplicity. The stage would have been stricken, making room for a small, gloomy brick neighborhood with clothes lines, gate fences, a broken down vehicle and broken windows. This ambiance resembles the look of a moderately cut-rate living style. This type of stage design would help the audience understand the poverty of the characters and help them relate better with the