PLAY Death Of a Salesman ARTHUR MILLER

Question 1

External deterioration reflecting how he feels inside, consumed, trapped.

Answer 1

“WILLY: The street is lined with cars. There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood.”

Question 2

American dream - Happy and Biff fantasize about escape from the city and their lives in the business world. 
However ironic - working class life not necessarily freedom. = NEVER FREE.

Answer 2

“BIFF: Sure, maybe we could buy a ranch. Raise cattle, use our muscles. Men built like we are should be working out in the open.”

Question 3

Willy can’t escape his past.

Fact past is shown I present tense showing it still lives on inside him (FORM).

Answer 3

“The laughter of a woman is heard through Linda’s lines” (narrator).