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Q: When did Death of a Salesman the book take place?
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How does linda take willy's stories in act 1 of Death of a Salesman?

That is a matter of interpretation for the actress playing Linda, in consultation with the director. She can believe him or she can pretend to believe him.


What year did Othello take place?

I dont know read the book


Plot summary of The Death of a Salesman?

Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" begins with a failed salesman returning home from a sales trip. He's discouraged with his efforts as well as those of his older son, Biff. His son is unhappy because he has always failed to live up to his father's expectations. Willy loses his job and depressed over not being able to support his family, he kills himself so his son, Biff, can use the insurance money to start a business. No one comes to Willy's funeral, and his three survivors contemplate the direction their lives will take now that he's gone.


Figure of speech in Death of a Salesman?

The dialouge of Willy's brother benard who "walked into the jungle and come out rich" represents who Willy should have gone with his brother but his fustrating self he likes to be independent and therefore he can't take help from anyone else. The references in the play to the + represents Willy believes that there is heaven or a better afterlife


When does the action take place in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Oedipus' last day as King of Thebes is the timing of the action in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play respects the ancient Greek unity of time, plot, and place. Temporally, the time is the 24-hour span in which Oedipus ends his rule Thebes and begins his house arrest. Ultimately, house arrest is followed by either Oedipus' exile and death in Colonus according to Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" or by his continued house arrest and death in Thebes according to Book 23 of Homer's "Iliad."