"Death of a Salesman may center on personal and family breakdown but it also involves contradictions in national American ideals." Discuss. On the surface, Arthur Miller's groundbreaking play, Death of a Salesman, does seem firmly rooted in the "familial arena". The whole play is structured to gradually reveal the deteriorating condition of Willy's mind as well as the worsening relations of the entire Loman family, through a series of complex flashbacks. Beneath this, however, the structure ... of American society as a whole is analyzed and the ideals of the nation held up for ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate