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    1) Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, is struggling both financially and mentally as he nears retirement age. 2) A flashback reveals that Willy had an affair years ago, damaging his relationship with his son Biff. 3) After getting fired from his job, Willy decides to commit suicide, believing it will provide financial benefits for his family and resolve his feelings of failure.

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    1) Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, is struggling both financially and mentally as he nears retirement age. 2) A flashback reveals that Willy had an affair years ago, damaging his relationship with his son Biff. 3) After getting fired from his job, Willy decides to commit suicide, believing it will provide financial benefits for his family and resolve his feelings of failure.

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    1) Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, is struggling both financially and mentally as he nears retirement age. 2) A flashback reveals that Willy had an affair years ago, damaging his relationship with his son Biff. 3) After getting fired from his job, Willy decides to commit suicide, believing it will provide financial benefits for his family and resolve his feelings of failure.

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    Plot Analysis

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    1) Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, is struggling both financially and mentally as he nears retirement age. 2) A flashback reveals that Willy had an affair years ago, damaging his relationship with his son Biff. 3) After getting fired from his job, Willy decides to commit suicide, believing it will provide financial benefits for his family and resolve his feelings of failure.

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    Death of a Salesman Plot Analysis Rising Action

    The tension was built in Climax Passed by COLUMNA, Angela May M.


    that one specific flashback When Willy started planning Grade & Section: 9 Campos
    of Willy. From Willy’s to kill himself. After being
    actions in the play, he fired in work by his boss
    slowly lost the ability to Howard, he felt really down Falling Action
    distinguish events of the and continued freefalling into
    Exposition past and from the present. When Willy
    memories of the past. Biff
    Willy Loman, the protagonist and One of Willy’s flashbacks also realized that all this time, decided to commit
    antagonist himself, was the first revealed that he had an he and his family have been suicide. Biff and
    character introduced with the affair when Biff and Willy living in a lie. He got honest Willy argued after
    statement “from the right, Willy were still highschoolers. to his father, spitting reality, Biff told his father
    Biff is the only member of and that’s when Willy’s that he was
    Loman, the salesman, enters
    carrying two large sample cases”. the Loman family to know illusions shattered and he felt leaving for good.
    about it. He found it out that his dreams both for him Driven by
    Her wife, Linda Loman, was then
    when he came to his father, and his sons fell. These emotions, Biff
    brought in the play with the
    Willy, who was in Boston confronted his
    saying “Linda, his wife, has happenings are just some of
    stirred in her bed at the right”. to tell him that he wouldn’t the many reasons why Willy father with a
    graduate unless Willy can rubber hose,
    Her and Willy’s two sons were is thinking of committing
    convince his instructor to suicide. unintentionally
    also introduced after them. Biff
    pass him. This happened saying that he will
    was the older brother and Happy
    when the woman was also not pity Willy if
    being the younger one. After the Resolution
    in the same room as where he will commit
    main characters introduction, the
    Biff and Willy were talking. suicide. Willy is It is unfortunate that
    play goes on and it was obvious
    The time when the woman overwhelmed with the story ended with
    that one of the main problem is
    came out of the bathroom, all these, can’t Willy’s grave. He
    Willy. He doesn’t agree on Biff’s
    Biff saw it, left the room deny his failure taught that by
    chosen career path as well as
    Happy’s. It was also seen how calling his father a fake”, anymore, thinking considering suicide,
    Willy’s high standards for and that’s when they started that suicide will he’ll be able to
    having a bad relationship as be the only compensate to his
    himself affected his two sons,
    father and son. solution to all his family for all the
    setting high standards to them
    problems. wrong things and
    also to the point that he hinders
    Biff and Happy from pursuing wrong actions that
    the career that they really want. he have done.

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