Death Of A Salesman: Symbols In The Play
Beginning of paper
Many symbols are incorporated into the play "Death of a Sales man" and they in
turn relate to both character and theme. The hose, tape recorder and the seeds
are some of these symbols.
The hose in Miller's drama directly relates to the theme of d eath. The hose is
a line attached to the gas main i ....
Middle of paper
.... of Willy's career. This is brought
about when Howard, Willy's boss and godson, shows the tape recorder to Willy and
appe ars to be more interested in the sound and technology of the machine
instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job. Howard no longer need s Willy's
services and without concern fires him. This, to Willy, was like, "eating the
orange and throwing away the peel". However, Willy is partly to blame, as he
does not accept change and wants to remain in the pas t. This is foreshad ....
------------------
Word count: 529
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
