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Death of a salesman plot characters theme symbol content plot Y Death of a salesman focuses on a failed businessman as he tried to reconstructed his life，eventually killing himself to leave his son insurance money Willy Loman protagonist，lowman, the salesman like Dave Singleman rich, well liked, and demonstrates a good personality Linda Loman Willys wife loyal，supportive suffering，enduring makes Willy form a sense of success of being a salesman Biff Loman Willys elder son caught Willy being unfaithfulto Linda not follow his father’s dream working with his hands to make his father proud Happy Loman younger son almost ignored make things up just for attention Uncle Ben Willys older brother represents the idea of American Dream “Why, boys, when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. Theme The American Dream： The American Dream is the theme of the play, everyone in the play has their own way to describe their own American Dreams. symbols Lindas and the woman’s stocking stockings assume a metaphorical weigh as the symbol of betral and sexual infidelity Willy strange obsession with the condition of Lindas stockings foreshadows his later flashback to Biff discovery of him and the woman in their Boston hotel room. the rubber hose The rubber hose is a stage prop（舞台道具） that reminds the audience of Willys desperate attempts at suicide Thank you