"Death of a Salesman," is a play written in the mid-1900s by Arthur Miller. ... The discussion of getting a good job leads to Willy talking to his dead brother, Ben, who he has always looked up to because he was successful and someone Willy always wanted to be. ... Throughout his novel "Death of a Salesman," Miller uses literary devices to convey the relationships between Willy and the members of his family. ...

• Word Count: 685
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Willy Loman is the main character of "Death of a Salesman". He is an old salesman who is lost in fake hopes about how things should be and how they really are, he kind of lives in the past. ... Willy also thinks that he is worth more dead than alive. Willys feeling of not being wanted or needed by his job or his family and the fact he thinks he's worth more dead than alive makes him try to commit suicide a few times in which he fails, until the end of the play when he does finally kill himself....

• Word Count: 278
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. ... As a result, Oedipus is figuratively dead, for he receives none of the benefits of the living. ... Death of a Salesman In Miller's rendition of a tragedy, we see a much different kind of tragic protagonist. ... In the case of Death of a Salesman, many people in that time period were going through hard times and had tragedies of their own. ...

• Word Count: 1107
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School