Arthur Miller's timeless and most important creation, Willy Loman is as relevant today as he was in the 1950's. Most of us who try to make a successful career for ourselves are salesmen - selling ourselves to our employers or customers. Most of us are secretly yearning to find the secret of how to make money and to achieve an easy life. What makes a salesman successful? He has to be liked, and he has to build up a momentum of confidence and self-esteem which is easily destroyed if a sale goes wrong or there's trouble at home. Willy Loman is each of us (but the older you are, the more you'll see that), and it's painful and moving to watch what happens.
Review of Death of a Salesman
