IB Senior English 

Philosophical Chairs

Death of a Salesman

"Willy had the wrong dreams".

The idea of suicide in Death of a Salesman has a more heroic context than in Hamlet. 

It does not matter if Willy accurately recalls the past. 

In Salesman, the love between parents and children is unconditional. 

Linda is a positive figure in Willy's life. 

Hamlet is more impacted by pressure from his father than Biff is by Willy. 

Willy is a tragic hero. 

Props have no significance in the play, D of S. 

In regards to  social criticism,  Death of a Salesman is more effective than Earnest. 

Death of Salesman is a love story between Biff, Willy, and America. 

"The set is offered as a metaphor, visual marker of social and psychological change". 

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