Analysis of Death of Sales man By Arthur Miller

DRAMA ASSIGNMENT 2
Name : Inggit Prianasari
NIM : A 320 080 280
Class : H

Death of Sales man
By Arthur Miller

A. Character and Characterization 
1.      Biff Loman : Biff Loman is Willy's son. He was a star football player in high school. 
2.      Charlie, Bernard and uncle Ben 
      Charlie       : Charlie is the Loman's next door neighbour. Charlie is Willy’s friend. 
      Bernard     :  Bernard is Charlie's goody-two-shoes son who was a childhood friends of Biff. 
      Uncle Ben : Ben is Willy's dead brother. Ben was a rich man who made it big in the diamond mines of Africa. 
3.      Happy Loman : Hap is the Loman's youngest son. He lives in an apartment in New York. Hap is of low moral character; constantly with another woman, trying to find his way in life, even though he is confident he's on the right track. 
4.      Linda Loman : Linda is Willy's wife and is the arbiter of peace in the family. 
5.      Willy Loman : Willly Loman is an elderly salesmen lost in false hopes and illusions.

B. Setting Place and Time
1. Willy’s house
2. Restaurant
3. Hotel room

C. Style 
-          Grammatical Structure 
Death of A Salesman drama use standard language and construction and language easy to understand. 
-          Figurative Language 
Death of A Salesman drama not uses figurative language. 
-          Symbol and Imagery
Death of A Salesman drama not uses symbol and imagery because it is just drama script.

D. Plot of the story
Willy Loman returns home after an unsuccessful business trip. Frustrated at his lack of success, his wife Linda suggests that he ask his boss Howard Wagner to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Biff and his brother, Happy, who is also visiting, reminisce about their childhood together. Biff and Happy tell Willy that Biff plans to make a business proposition the next day in an effort to pacify their father. The next day Willy goes to ask his boss for a job in town while Biff goes to make a business proposition. Both fail, as Willy gets angry and ends up getting fired when the boss tells him to continue being a travelling salesman, while Biff makes a terrible impression during his business presentation and impulsively steals a fountain pen (an expensive symbol of status worth far more than a ball point pen). Willy then meets Bernard, who tells him that Biff originally wanted to do well in summer school, but something happened in Boston when Biff went to visit Willy there that changed his mind. Happy, Biff, and Willy meet for dinner at a restaurant, but Willy refuses to hear bad news from Biff. Biff and Happy leave their deranged father in the restaurant for a couple of young women, yet when they return home they find their mother knew they left Willy alone. Rather than listen to what Biff actually says, Willy realizes his son has forgiven him and thinks Biff will now pursue a career as a businessman. Willy decides to kill himself in an auto accident so that Biff can get enough money to start his business, yet at the funeral Biff retains his belief that he does not want to become a businessman. Happy, on the other hand, chooses to take the insurance money and follow in his father's footsteps.

F. Result
The result of this drama is Men Vs. society.