Death
of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
From The Publisher:
Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his
life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship
as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets
have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a
wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with
his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested
his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams,
conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself
and of a world that once promised so much.
Here are some helpful links and
study aids:
http://www.deathofasalesman.com/study.htm
This study resource center has
scenes from the Broadway play plus biographical and historical information
the play.
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc10.htm
Biographical
information on Arthur Miller and his plays.
http://www.deathofasalesman.com/rev1984.htm
This site
has reviews of the 1984 Dustin Hoffman version of the play.
Click
here for online assignment for Death of A Salesman for English 636.
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