Ready Reference Treatise: Death of a Salesman

By Raja Sharma

"Death of a Salesman" is one of the most watched and read play in the history of Modern English Literature.

In this short treatise you will find the introduction to the author, brief introduction to the novel, description of the characters, plot summary, complete summary, and eventually critical analysis.

This treatise is definitely going to help the students of English literature, however, it is being advised that they must read the original text of the play, to understand the subtle art of play writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Nov 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301301492

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Death of a Salesman

Raja Sharma

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Preface

Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

All the best.

Raja Sharma

Chapter One: About Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller is undoubtedly one of the most eminent American playwrights. In modern literature, Miller’s plays have established him among the most popular dramatists of the twentieth century. Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City; Miller was the second of three children of Isidore and Augusta Miller, Polish-Jewish immigrants.

Arthur Miller’s father was not educated but he was a very wealthy businessman; he was the owner of a successfully running garments store and he employed around four hundred people. The family, including his younger sister Joan, lived on East 110th Street in Manhattan and owned a summer house in Far Rockaway, Queens. Since the family was well off, they employed a chauffeur. In the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the family lost almost everything and moved to Gravesend, Brooklyn.

As a teenager, Miller had to work hard to help the family. He used to deliver bread every morning before school to help the family make ends meet. He graduated in 1932 from Abraham Lincoln High School. After his graduation from the school, Miller did several menial jobs to pay for his college tuition.

Miller completed his