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Death Of A Salesman

English Bookreview ‘Death of Salesman'

1)Structure
The play is chronologically presented but it has a whole lot of flashbacks which make it confusing. While watching it, you get the impression that months, maybe even years, pass but actually from the beginning to the end, the play only cover 2 days and one night; Act One being the first day (and night) and Act Two the second (and Willy's last) day. But all the memory scenes, flashbacks and hallucinations in between make it look much longer and make it hard for the spectator to puzzle a complete picture of the story without messing up past and present.
The past plays a very important role in this play because it forms the basis of Willy's depression and the start of his scattered dreams and bad relationship with Biff. If we wouldn't know anything of what happened between father and son, it is virtually impossible to understand the play.
The constantly changing atmosphere during the play is also mainly decided by flashbacks......


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