Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Focus at drama, in particular, use the following prompt as a foundation to write a 1,000 to 1,500 word essay on the topic.
Essay Prompt
Several of the works in this course include characters struggling to either live by a set of standards created for them by society or by their own internal guidelines.
Choose two characters, each from a different play on the Mandatory Reading List for this course. Compare and contrast these characters, addressing issues of race, gender, and class as applicable.
Explore how these characters embody what it means to be an American. Make sure to support your explanation with examples from the text.
Related Lessons that Include Plays
Eugene O’Neill: Biography and Major Plays
Long Day’s Journey into Night: Summary, Analysis and Characters
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh: Summary and Analysis
The Glass Menagerie: Summary and Analysis
Arthur Miller: Biography and Major Plays
Miller’s Death of a Salesman: Summary and Analysis
Formatting & Sources
Refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least four credible, outside sources and cite them using MLA format as well. Include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal.
