Death Of The Salesman Expression.

Personally, although I feel that Death of a Salesman is a very well written play, an intelligent criticism of the American dream that effectively uses many respected literary devices, it has never fully gripped me. Perhaps it is because there is no suspense in the play; the ending is given away in the title. It is a tragedy and the readers knows it is, so there is always that ominous shadow that nothing is going to get better and so whenever there is hope and happiness, you know it will not last.

I also do not find the premise of the story all that exciting. It is all very well making the play about a normal person, but when that everyday person does not have an interesting life, or nothing out of the ordinary happens to him, it is difficult to keep me interested. When I first saw this play, I had to miss about twenty minutes out of the middle and when I returned, I felt as if I had not missed anything. In my opinion, it is even slightly boring.

However, do not let this deter you too much from reading the play. Firstly, you could be a person who enjoys tragedy. I am not someone like that. Secondly, there is a reason why it is one of the most popular plays in American literature. People like it, I am just not one of those people who it reached out to and drew in. It is certainly a milestone in modern literature and one that should be checked out, even if it is only to educate you further in literary classics. I may not like it, but I can see why it is such an important piece of work and Miller certainly knew his stuff.