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moseslh 's review for:
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
I've been reading a lot of plays this month and it's been a blast! "Death of a Salesman" was no exception (despite being a bit depressing). The play has excellent characters and excellent storytelling. I'm used to unreliable narrators in novels, but this may have been my first experience with an unreliable narrator in theater. Willie Loman, the protagonist, is a salesman who will say whatever makes himself look good, even if it contradicts something he said two lines earlier. Much of the information that viewers receive in the play either comes from Willie directly, from his hallucinations, or from characters who are themselves basing their statements off of secondhand information from Willie. It was challenging at times to figure out what was really going on (in a fun way, not a confusing one).
Willie and his sons were fascinating characters. Willie reminded me of a less successful Donald Trump, yet was still somehow a sympathetic (or at least pitiful) character. Miller's play shows how everything can crumble when it's built on lies.
I quite liked reading this and would enjoy watching it if I ever got the chance, although to be honest, Miller wrote it descriptively enough that I didn't feel like it was necessary to actually watch it performed.
Willie and his sons were fascinating characters. Willie reminded me of a less successful Donald Trump, yet was still somehow a sympathetic (or at least pitiful) character. Miller's play shows how everything can crumble when it's built on lies.
I quite liked reading this and would enjoy watching it if I ever got the chance, although to be honest, Miller wrote it descriptively enough that I didn't feel like it was necessary to actually watch it performed.