Topics in “Death of a Salesman”

 

A play about 17 year olds deciding their lives

 

Linda’s responsibility

 

 

A play about fathers and father figures

 

 

What does Willy sell?

 

 

The frontier mentality in the characters

 

Willy’s reaction to Biff’s Love

 

 

The Pioneer Myth is dead

 

 

Soliloquies – reminiscences etc.

 

 

Howard the employer

 

 

What happened in 1928 ?

 

 

A dime a dozen

 

 

 

Music, noises, voices in the background

 

 

The “jungle” – social Darwinism?

 

 

Use of symbols in the play