Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller vs. McCarthyism (author info)

Tragedy/tragic hero/hubris/catharsis

Staging the flashbacks/the flute

Dramatic irony with the affair

The seeds

Willy vs. Charley's values

The American Dream/Dave Singleman

The accidents/rubber hose (summary)

Biff's internal conflict

Biff's kleptomania 

Foreshadowing of the laughing woman/stockings

Happy and Biff's womanizing

Symbolism of the pen

Motif of things breaking