Death of a Salesman by Kyle Pearce All throughout Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, tension and falseness has been displayed by each of the characters but near the end of Act 1, it has become more evident than ever. The family, awoken by Willy in the middle of the night, gathered in the kitchen for their first confrontation. Each character in the play hides their real personalities and emotions, which creates chaos because …showed first 75 words of 415 total…

…showed last 75 words of 415 total…his mistakes. This makes Linda a lair and a false person to her husband and her two sons. In many scenes of Act 1, the falseness of the Loman family is illustrated drastically and effectively to display to the reader how misleading each family member is to one another. Willy’s affair with another woman, Linda’s supportive lies, and Happy’s immoral life is just three examples of how false the Loman family really is.