Analysis of "Death of a Salesman" The tragedy of a family The play "Death of a Salesman" was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. ... In the case of "Death of a Salesman", Miller uses social realism, which is the attempt to describe human behavior and surroundings or to represent figures and objects exactly as they act or appear in life (Encarta 1). The main themes of this play are the idea of the American dream and what it takes to success, the struggle to distinguish between reality and illusion, and the emotional problems of the family. "Death of a Salesman" is the story of the Loman family, e...

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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. ... The other differences between the two eras of tragedies are (literarydevices.net): Greek tragedies focused on a single theme and plot. ... Death of a Salesman In Miller's rendition of a tragedy, we see a much different kind of tragic protagonist. ... That final misbelief is almost worse than his death itself. ... 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. ...

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