"The Death of a Sales Man" a play by Arthur Miller A Professional Studies Critique by tom chadwic In this critique of 'The death of a sales man' I will attempt to shed light on the reason why the Author Arthur Miller portrays the main character so, with emphasis as to the reasons why he results to his eventual suicide. Willy the protagonist has a family status of a nuclear stature, with two children and …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…American dream and he couldn't live the dream. The affect that they play has an a audience is of sheer sympathy for the protagonist as his mental turmoil is expressed superbly by intermingling different times on the same set, something easy on video but immensely difficult in theatre. The feeling left overall is quite confused when Linda reveals she paid off the mortgage and so Willy's only actual motive to suicide was for the insurance.