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Death of a Salesman

Date Submitted: 03/31/2004 15:00:07
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 2 pages (572 words)
Death of a Salesman is play that portrays a quest for an American dream. Miller shows this through Willy Loman, he represents the primary target of this dream. Willy is like most milled class workingmen, he struggles to make himself a huge financial success, provide financial security for his family, and to be well liked to make it big. After many years of working as a traveling salesman Willy only has an old car, an …
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…his American dream. Willy liked to work with his hands but did not believe it would make it big. “WILLY: Did you see the ceiling I put up in the living room? CHARLEY: Yeah, that’s a piece of work. To put up a ceiling is a mystery to me…” (30) Miller adds in little hints of him working with his hands. Even at the end of the play Willy is gardening before he commits suicide.
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