Death of a Salesman

1. Death of a Salesman
Human emotions are something that we seldom find a way to express clearly: from simple hand
gestures, to a disgusted face. To understand his novel more thoroughly, Arthur Miller uses the most
understandable method of comprehension, music, to express the emotions of the characters in his
play, "Death of a Salesman". The characters, Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy, and Ben, have a certain style
of music and instruments portraying them to show the reader what type of emotional person they
are. The beginning of the play starts with a soft, sweet, flute medley that announces Willy's gradual
trek home from Yonkers. This slow tune of confusion ends abruptly as Willy comes home and tells
of his troubles in Yonkers. This sentimental sound is...show more content...
Another bit of confidence is felt when Willy is going to ask Howard for a stationary job in New
York. The music that sounds troublesome in this play would have to be anything that involved
the Woman. The Woman is involved in many conflicts, but mainly between Biff and Willy. When
Willy is in the bathroom at the restaurant, a cheerful song begins, along side of the Woman's
laughter. The instant that Biff sees the Woman, the music stops, then begins once more but in a
slow, droopy manner. Now the music stops after a life has been wrecked. This type of music has
been foreshadowing his oncoming death by starting merry and ending abruptly in a sad way. Ben
has a special type of music. Being Willy's inspiration, he is portrayed by quick, lively music. His
wonderful stories of his life are told in contrast to a proud tune. His song does change a bit in parts
where Willy is confused or feeling low but is still lively at that. When Willy would ask Ben for
advice or for a short story about their father, Ben would whip out that big grin of his, breath in,
and talk away like there was no worry in the world, and to Willy, there wasn't at that period of
time. The saddest song in the play though would be the teary sound of the flute at Willy's funeral.
Starting out a bit cheerful, the tune fades from a major key to a minor key, hence going from a
merry sound to one of sadness and
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