Death of a Salesman Lesson Plan

In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller defines the nature of the American Dream for middle-class Americans in the mid-twentieth century and condemns its effects in shaping—and in destroying—the lives of the Loman family, the play’s major characters. Miller’s protagonist, Willy Loman, is an aging traveling salesman worn out by his job and by life itself; he struggles to keep up the grueling pace required of him to peddle company products to buyers throughout his New England sales territory. After a lifetime of hard work, Willy has little to show for his efforts.

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