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Miller’s drama has a strong scent of social criticism. For some interpreters, especially Marxists, the idea might come near that the author of Death of a Salesman intended to present Willy’s ruin exclusively as a result of an unfair society. In fact, several scenes of the play, among them some of the most important ones, seem to support this point of view:

When Willy Loman (the “low man”) enters the office of his boss Howard Wagner, who is 36 years old and the heir of the company’s founder, he is not paid any attention to. Howard is busy with his new tape recorder. When Willy finally manages to utter his wish to work in New York from now on instead of travelling, he is fed with empty phrases such as “But you’re a road man, Willy, and we do a road business.” or “... it’s a business, kid [Willy is over 60 years old], and everybody’s gotta pull his own weight.” (2028) What for Willy is a reason to give him a New York job (“I’m just a little tired”, 2028), is for Howard a reason to fire him. All that counts for people like him is efficiency. Willy hits the nail on its head when he says:

In those days, there was personality in it, Howard. There was respect, and comradeship, and gratitude in it. Today, it’s all cut and dried, and there’s no chance for bringing friendship to bear – or personality.

(2029)

Ben was Willy’s older brother and is dead now. Willy adores him – to him he is a myth. In one scene – all the Ben scenes take place in Willy’s head – Ben tells us why: “When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And, by God, I was rich.” (2014) This makes Willy feel a mixture of envy and adoration.

The scenes in which Ben appears draw a picture similar to the one in the Howard scene. For instance, Ben provokes Biff to engage in a fist fight with him, and suddenly trips him. “Never fight fair with a stranger, boy.” he comments on his deed. “You’ll never get out of the jungle that way.” (2014) The “jungle” stands for an environment in which no law exists.

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