Evaluation:
Published: 09.06.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman ', 1.
  • Essays 'Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman ', 2.
Extract

The scene of the story is the United States in the 1950-s and 1960-s and the main character is the Loman family which consists of four members, the parents Linda and Willy Loman and their sons Biff and Happy Loman.
The father is Willy Loman a sixty year old salesman, so he is an average Ameri-can mundane citizen. He wants to be successful and he wants to be "great". He is susceptible to form an identikit about the person as he would like to be. He indulges in day dreams continually, so he deceives himself and he deceives his family and he tries to believe that everything is in order. It…

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