Uncle Ben enters, but he is only visible and audible to Willy. Willy ridicules Charley's inadequacy with tools. Charley assures him that Biff will be fine. He reveals his distress over Biff returning to Texas, along with his inability to assist Biff financially. Charley offers Willy a job, but Willy angrily refuses. They talk about vitamins, car trouble, and a trip to California. Willy regrets not acting on the opportunity to go to Alaska when Ben offered it to him.Ĭharley comes over and plays cards with Willy.
Willy recalls his Uncle Ben who became wealthy mining diamonds. Willy tells Happy that he came home because he was having difficulty driving, plus he almost hit someone with the car in Yonkers. Happy comes downstairs and attempts to walk Willy to bed. Download Death of a Salesman from below or purchase a copy from Amazon.Scene 8 shifts back completely to the present. "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. And the funny thing is that you're a salesman, and you don't know that.Ģ. "The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. It has won numerous awards and is considered a classic of American literature.
The play has been adapted into multiple films and stage productions and is still widely performed today. His obsession with success and material wealth blinds him to the true value of his family and relationships. Willy Loman is a tragic figure, unable to accept his own limitations and the changing world around him. The play is a critique of the American Dream, showing how it can lead to a false sense of hope and happiness. The play tells the story of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who is struggling to come to terms with his own failures in life and his relationship with his two sons, Biff and Happy. It was first performed on Broadway in 1949 and is considered one of his most famous works. "Death of a Salesman" is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller.
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