Though the play takes place over the course of only a few days, it uses frequent references to the events of the past, allowing students to draw conclusions about their present-day effect on the characters.īecause Death of a Salesman is a play, several events occur simultaneously.
Throughout the events of the play, students follow these relationships to analyze how they have evolved over the past several years. Death of a Salesman details the descent of the Loman family into devastation, focusing on the interactions between patriarch, Willy Loman, his wife, Linda, and their two sons, Biff and Happy.
