it’s the first play to win a Tony a New
York drama circle critic award and the
Pulitzer Prize someday I’m gonna have
all in business and I’ll never have to
leave here anymore
Michael charming huh bigger than Uncle
Charlie welcome to watchmojo.com and in
this installment of mojo notes we’ll be
exploring 10 things you should know
about Arthur Miller’s Death of a
Salesman
number 10 about the author born in 1915
in Harlem New York Arthur Miller worked
to help his family following the Wall
Street Crash of 1929
I wasn’t born into it but I grew up in
the period of the Great Depression when
revolution was in the air he started
writing plays during university and soon
found Broadway success he then branched
out into screenplays and married actress
Marilyn Monroe he died in 2005 number
nine influences and inspirations Miller
was influenced to write the play by an
uncle who was a Salesman as a tragedy
criticizing the country’s focus on
capitalism and materialism Death of a
Salesman also tackles the difficulties
of attaining the American dream
all I need to set my table is $50 a week
where am I gonna put you kids look it’s
not a question whether I can sell
merchandise is it huh no it alternates
between the past and present using a
stream of consciousness technique and
flashbacks seasonal football again I get
a new ball what’s told me to practice my
past I had so II gave you the ball about
it I want you to return this see I told
you you wouldn’t like it
number eight settings and era meant as a
critique of 1940s American society the
play is mostly set in Brooklyn New York
this is where Willy Loman ‘s house is
located in between larger overwhelming
apartment buildings wait I locked this
in here bricks and windows windows and
Briggs should’ve bought the land next
door he’s lying with corn there’s not a
breath of fresh air in the neighborhood
the grass don’t grow any more you can’t
raise a camera in the backyard they
should have had a law number seven plot
while there’s no narrator Death of a
Salesman is told mainly from protagonist
Willy Loman
of you entire to the death oh yeah I
couldn’t make it I just couldn’t make it
Linda the play follows his life as a
60-plus salesman who pursues the
American dream even though he’s not that
great at his job and what goes through a
man’s mind driving 700 miles home
without having earned a cent
what should we talk to himself why not
when he has to go to Charlie every week
and borrow $50 from him and pretend to
me it’s his Pater how long can that go
on Roman believes his son Biff should
also become a Salesman moment rise to
escape reality by recalling his memories
leaning on others for support and doing
things he shouldn’t I’ll take a walk but
in your slippers Willy after Biff and
his brother happy leave their father at
a restaurant their mother Linda gets
involved
don’t you care whether he lives or dies
though more fighting ensues they
eventually reconcile will you take that
phony dream and burn it before septic
Abbott Loman then sacrifices himself in
the hopes that his son will use the
insurance money to follow in his
footsteps
number 6 Willy Loman as a 63 year old
father of two sons Loman is the title
salesman after a recent car accident
he’s become insecure and suffers from
depression so what went on again in five
minutes later I’m dreaming again and I
nearly I had such thoughts I have such
strange thoughts
despite this he’s ambitious and believes
in attaining material wealth in line
with the American Dream not finding
yourself at the age of 34 is a disgrace
the trouble is he’s lazy
Ben is a lazy they are shaping bum
unfortunately he doesn’t have a very
good grip on reality and thinks he’s a
lot better at his job than he really is
well man wearing them was a lie I’ve
been in charge of New York
now that man was a prince he was a
masterful man but that boy is that how
he don’t appreciate when he realizes his
son Biff doesn’t want to follow his same
career path
Willy becomes driven by his own will
eNOS you must really be making a hit
I’ve been wondering why you father’s
like draw so careful that uh uh he
resorts to losing himself in the past
having an affair with another woman and
taking his own life
do you remember I wrote you that he
smashed up the car again in February
well the insurance inspector came he
says there’s evidence that all the
accidents in the last year weren’t
accident his suicide seems to be a
metaphorical moral struggle in which he
finally understands that what he’s
selling is himself right but 35 years at
Venice farm home and now I can’t pay my
insurance you can’t eat the argit throne
appeal away a man is not a piece of
fruit after all the highways trains and
appointments he ends up worth more dead
than alive Willy what’s a Salesman
and for a Salesman there is no
rock-bottom to the life you know put a
boat to a nut he don’t tell you the law
or give you medicine he’s a man way out
there in the blue riding on a smile and
a shoeshine number 5 Biff Loman as the
eldest son Biff is the child that Willy
projects his hopes and dreams on
unfortunately he gave up working hard at
school after he discovered his father
cheating on his mother with another
woman something though that was that
somebody got in your back office an
extruder Zapata can I can move he goes
from job to job because he keeps getting
caught stealing and despite wanting his
father’s approval he doesn’t want to be
a Salesman maybe we can buy ranch raise
cattle use some muscles Mendel like we
are should be working out in the open
Biff just wants to be accepted for who
he is though he despises his father and
what he represents he still cares about
him dad don’t take it that way do you
think it was easy walking into that
office after what I’ve done to him a
team of horses couldn’t drag me to
belong no why did you go why did I go
why did I go God look at you look at
what’s becoming people he knows they’re
living a lie and eventually manages to
confront this I Know Who I am now why
can’t I say that Willy adore your life
is wide open
pop I am a dime-a-dozen and so you high
and might a dime a dozen I am well I
love my daddy or I am NOT leader men we
like and need are you number four Linda
and happy Lomond as Willie’s naive and
loyal wife Linda shares her husband’s
belief in material success as the key to
happiness but is also clueless when it
comes to his many lies and secrets a lot
of people think he’s lost his balance
but you don’t have to be very smart to
know what his trouble is the man is
exhausted she’s a complex character who
was always there to keep her family
together my foundation my self support
‘ln I’ll just try to relax you make
mountains out of mole hills as William
Lind
youngest son happy wants to be loved and
respected by his parents even though his
father seems to favor Biff is this his
reward to turn around at the age of 63
and find its sons who we love better
than his life
one of philandering bum
mom that is all you are by baby this
makes him strive for a better job in the
business world what can you make of it
no I got to show some of those pompous
self-important executives over there
that half woman can make the grade huh
he represents the happy American Dream
and is a rather shallow character who
doesn’t progress much in the novel I’m
gonna show you and everybody else that
Willy Loman did not die in vain he had a
good dream it’s the only dream you can
have to come out number one man he
fought it out here and this is where I’m
gonna win it for number three values and
themes one of the plays main themes is
the pursuit of the American dream and a
focus on material gain and success in
the hopes that this will bring respect
freedom and happiness it also explores
lying vs. truth dreams versus reality
and betrayal versus trust number two
modern popularity following its 1949
Broadway debut Death of a Salesman
became a critical and commercial success
and positioned Miller as one of the 20th
century’s most important American
playwrights number one adaptations aside
from Broadway productions and multiple
revivals Miller’s play has been adapted
for the screen multiple times this
includes the oscar-nominated 1951
version and multiple TV movies do you
agree with our list what’s your favorite
piece of Death of a Salesman trivia I am
building something with this fun Ben and
if a man is building something he must
be on the right track what are you
building while your hand on it where is
it with new top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
York drama circle critic award and the
Pulitzer Prize someday I’m gonna have
all in business and I’ll never have to
leave here anymore
Michael charming huh bigger than Uncle
Charlie welcome to watchmojo.com and in
this installment of mojo notes we’ll be
exploring 10 things you should know
about Arthur Miller’s Death of a
Salesman
number 10 about the author born in 1915
in Harlem New York Arthur Miller worked
to help his family following the Wall
Street Crash of 1929
I wasn’t born into it but I grew up in
the period of the Great Depression when
revolution was in the air he started
writing plays during university and soon
found Broadway success he then branched
out into screenplays and married actress
Marilyn Monroe he died in 2005 number
nine influences and inspirations Miller
was influenced to write the play by an
uncle who was a Salesman as a tragedy
criticizing the country’s focus on
capitalism and materialism Death of a
Salesman also tackles the difficulties
of attaining the American dream
all I need to set my table is $50 a week
where am I gonna put you kids look it’s
not a question whether I can sell
merchandise is it huh no it alternates
between the past and present using a
stream of consciousness technique and
flashbacks seasonal football again I get
a new ball what’s told me to practice my
past I had so II gave you the ball about
it I want you to return this see I told
you you wouldn’t like it
number eight settings and era meant as a
critique of 1940s American society the
play is mostly set in Brooklyn New York
this is where Willy Loman ‘s house is
located in between larger overwhelming
apartment buildings wait I locked this
in here bricks and windows windows and
Briggs should’ve bought the land next
door he’s lying with corn there’s not a
breath of fresh air in the neighborhood
the grass don’t grow any more you can’t
raise a camera in the backyard they
should have had a law number seven plot
while there’s no narrator Death of a
Salesman is told mainly from protagonist
Willy Loman
of you entire to the death oh yeah I
couldn’t make it I just couldn’t make it
Linda the play follows his life as a
60-plus salesman who pursues the
American dream even though he’s not that
great at his job and what goes through a
man’s mind driving 700 miles home
without having earned a cent
what should we talk to himself why not
when he has to go to Charlie every week
and borrow $50 from him and pretend to
me it’s his Pater how long can that go
on Roman believes his son Biff should
also become a Salesman moment rise to
escape reality by recalling his memories
leaning on others for support and doing
things he shouldn’t I’ll take a walk but
in your slippers Willy after Biff and
his brother happy leave their father at
a restaurant their mother Linda gets
involved
don’t you care whether he lives or dies
though more fighting ensues they
eventually reconcile will you take that
phony dream and burn it before septic
Abbott Loman then sacrifices himself in
the hopes that his son will use the
insurance money to follow in his
footsteps
number 6 Willy Loman as a 63 year old
father of two sons Loman is the title
salesman after a recent car accident
he’s become insecure and suffers from
depression so what went on again in five
minutes later I’m dreaming again and I
nearly I had such thoughts I have such
strange thoughts
despite this he’s ambitious and believes
in attaining material wealth in line
with the American Dream not finding
yourself at the age of 34 is a disgrace
the trouble is he’s lazy
Ben is a lazy they are shaping bum
unfortunately he doesn’t have a very
good grip on reality and thinks he’s a
lot better at his job than he really is
well man wearing them was a lie I’ve
been in charge of New York
now that man was a prince he was a
masterful man but that boy is that how
he don’t appreciate when he realizes his
son Biff doesn’t want to follow his same
career path
Willy becomes driven by his own will
eNOS you must really be making a hit
I’ve been wondering why you father’s
like draw so careful that uh uh he
resorts to losing himself in the past
having an affair with another woman and
taking his own life
do you remember I wrote you that he
smashed up the car again in February
well the insurance inspector came he
says there’s evidence that all the
accidents in the last year weren’t
accident his suicide seems to be a
metaphorical moral struggle in which he
finally understands that what he’s
selling is himself right but 35 years at
Venice farm home and now I can’t pay my
insurance you can’t eat the argit throne
appeal away a man is not a piece of
fruit after all the highways trains and
appointments he ends up worth more dead
than alive Willy what’s a Salesman
and for a Salesman there is no
rock-bottom to the life you know put a
boat to a nut he don’t tell you the law
or give you medicine he’s a man way out
there in the blue riding on a smile and
a shoeshine number 5 Biff Loman as the
eldest son Biff is the child that Willy
projects his hopes and dreams on
unfortunately he gave up working hard at
school after he discovered his father
cheating on his mother with another
woman something though that was that
somebody got in your back office an
extruder Zapata can I can move he goes
from job to job because he keeps getting
caught stealing and despite wanting his
father’s approval he doesn’t want to be
a Salesman maybe we can buy ranch raise
cattle use some muscles Mendel like we
are should be working out in the open
Biff just wants to be accepted for who
he is though he despises his father and
what he represents he still cares about
him dad don’t take it that way do you
think it was easy walking into that
office after what I’ve done to him a
team of horses couldn’t drag me to
belong no why did you go why did I go
why did I go God look at you look at
what’s becoming people he knows they’re
living a lie and eventually manages to
confront this I Know Who I am now why
can’t I say that Willy adore your life
is wide open
pop I am a dime-a-dozen and so you high
and might a dime a dozen I am well I
love my daddy or I am NOT leader men we
like and need are you number four Linda
and happy Lomond as Willie’s naive and
loyal wife Linda shares her husband’s
belief in material success as the key to
happiness but is also clueless when it
comes to his many lies and secrets a lot
of people think he’s lost his balance
but you don’t have to be very smart to
know what his trouble is the man is
exhausted she’s a complex character who
was always there to keep her family
together my foundation my self support
‘ln I’ll just try to relax you make
mountains out of mole hills as William
Lind
youngest son happy wants to be loved and
respected by his parents even though his
father seems to favor Biff is this his
reward to turn around at the age of 63
and find its sons who we love better
than his life
one of philandering bum
mom that is all you are by baby this
makes him strive for a better job in the
business world what can you make of it
no I got to show some of those pompous
self-important executives over there
that half woman can make the grade huh
he represents the happy American Dream
and is a rather shallow character who
doesn’t progress much in the novel I’m
gonna show you and everybody else that
Willy Loman did not die in vain he had a
good dream it’s the only dream you can
have to come out number one man he
fought it out here and this is where I’m
gonna win it for number three values and
themes one of the plays main themes is
the pursuit of the American dream and a
focus on material gain and success in
the hopes that this will bring respect
freedom and happiness it also explores
lying vs. truth dreams versus reality
and betrayal versus trust number two
modern popularity following its 1949
Broadway debut Death of a Salesman
became a critical and commercial success
and positioned Miller as one of the 20th
century’s most important American
playwrights number one adaptations aside
from Broadway productions and multiple
revivals Miller’s play has been adapted
for the screen multiple times this
includes the oscar-nominated 1951
version and multiple TV movies do you
agree with our list what’s your favorite
piece of Death of a Salesman trivia I am
building something with this fun Ben and
if a man is building something he must
be on the right track what are you
building while your hand on it where is
it with new top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
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