A Death Of Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1.) Death of a Salesman was written by Arthur Miller.
2.) Plot: -Willy returns home from work and talks to his wife about trying to get his boss to give him a job in New York
- Happy and Biff are thinking about getting their own ranch.
- Willy has a flashback and remembers when Biff played football.
- Willy has another flashback and a woman appears that Willy met in Boston and he bought her stockings
- In a flashback, Bernard comes in and starts to criticize Biff in front of Willy
- Willy reminisces on the fact that he didn’t go to Alaska with Uncle Ben.
- Ben visits Willy and Willy begins showing off his kids.
- Willy is hallucinating and Happy and Biff see this and become worried.
- Biff agrees to stay and get a job
- Biff finds the piece of rubber tubing behind the water heater and takes it.
- Willy realizes that it is the last month of mortgage payment.
- Biff leaves to talk to Bill Oliver and get a lone to open a sporting goods line.
- Howard fires Willy.
- Willy has more flashbacks about Uncle Ben and Biff’s football career.
- Willy goes to Charley’s office and runs into Bernard and they start discussing what went wrong with Biff, and Willy gets defensive.
- Charley gives Willy $50 and finds out he was fired and offers Willy a job.
- Biff and Happy meet at a restaurant and Biff informs Happy about how poorly his meeting went with Bill Oliver.
- Willy meets the boys and start discussing the day. Biff tries to tell Willy what happened but Willy keeps interrupting him.
- Willy then flashes back again, Biff admits that he stole a fountain pen from Bill and then Biff and Happy leave with the women.
- Willy is having a flashback about the women in Boston. Someone knocks on the hotel door and he tells the women to stay in the bathroom. Biff comes into the room and eventually notices the...
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