Essay Archive - Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
The play "Death of a Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman, a
sixty-year-old salesman in the America of the 1940's, who has deluded
himself all his life about being a big success in the business world. It
also portrays his wife Linda, who "plays along" nicely with his lies and
tells him what he wants to hear, out of compassion. The book describes the
last day of his life, but there are frequent "flashbacks" in which Willy
relives key events of the past, often confusing them with what is
happening in the present. His two sons, Biff and Happy, who are in ....
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