penguin death of a salesman play script pdf act two

The action begins in the home of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who has just returned from a road trip. In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller defined his aim as being 'to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life'. Arthur Miller Home Literature Notes Death of a Salesman Play Summary Play Summary Death of a Salesman takes place in New York and Boston. Failing at his job, dismayed at his the failure of his sons, Biff and Happy, to live up to his expectations, and tortured by his jealousy at the success and happiness of his neighbour Charley and his son Bernard, Willy spirals into a well of regret, reminiscence, and A scathing indictment of the ultimate failure of the American dream, and the empty pursuit of wealth and success, is a harrowing journey. I had to be boss bigshot in two weeks, and Im through with it Willy I ran down eleven flights with a pen inmy hand today. We are aware of towering, angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides. It is small and fine, tell- ing of grass and trees and the horizon. You can't eat the fruit and throw the peel away' Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. ACT ONE A melody is heard, played upon a flute.

Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre, and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life.

Penguin death of a salesman play script pdf act two