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Death of a Salesman Study Guide

by Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman study guide contains a biography of Arthur Miller, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Willy Loman, a mercurial sixty-year old salesman with calluses on his hands, returns home tired and confused. His wife Linda greets him, but worries that he has smashed the car. He reassures her that nothing has happened, but tells her that he only got as far as Yonkers and does not remember all of the details of his trip; he kept swerving onto the shoulder of the road, and had to drive slowly to return home. Linda tells him that he needs to rest his mind, and that he should work in New York, but he feels that he is not needed there. He thinks that if Frank Wagner were alive he would be in charge of New York, but his son, Howard, does not appreciate him as much. Linda tells him how Happy, his younger son, took Biff, his eldest son, out on a…

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• Death of a Salesman Summary
• About Death of a Salesman
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.1
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.2
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.3
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.4
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.5
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.6
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.7
• Summary and Analysis of Act I.8
• Summary and Analysis of Act II.1
• Summary and Analysis of II.2
• Summary and Analysis of II.3
• Summary and Analysis of II.4
• Summary and Analysis of II.5
• Summary and Analysis of II.6
• Summary and Analysis of II.7
• Summary and Analysis of II.8
• Summary and Analysis of Requiem
• Death of a Salesman and the American Dream
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• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Death of a Salesman: Major Themes
• Death of a Salesman: Essays
• Death of a Salesman: Lesson Plan
• Death of a Salesman: Questions
• Death of a Salesman: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Arthur Miller: Biography