She’s a loving wife and defends him.īiff Loman: Willy and Linda’s son. She supports him and married him because she though he was gonna be a big shot one day. His job sucks and his life is going down the tubes. He keeps having flashbacks of his past when his sons were younger and his brother was alive. He is 61 years old and is a salesman in New England. Willy Loman: He is the main dude in the story. 'Death of a Salesman' is timeless for its portrayal of rejection and failure, hope and family, and the questions it presents about the nature of success. Arthur Miller wrote other plays, too, and was also married to Marilyn Monroe. Miller based the main character, Willy, on his own wacky Uncle Manny, who was a salesman. Miller wanted to explore the American way of life, the condition of dreaming and losing, and always working.
This play was written in 1949 and is one of the most famous American plays of all time.
