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Willy returns home and talks to Linda about the difficulties of his job; his sons talk upstairs.
Act 1, Section 1Flashback: Willy and his sons talk as Bernard appears and suggests that Biff might fail math.
Act 1, Section 3Flashback: The Woman is introduced while, in the present, Willy gets angry with his wife, Linda.
Act 1, Section 4Willy and Charley play cards; Ben shows up in short flashbacks to discuss his success.
Act 1, Section 5Linda reveals to her sons that Willy is borrowing money and considering suicide.
Act 1, Section 6The family discusses Biff's prospects, including an idea to meet with Bill Oliver.
Act 1, Section 7Willy meets with his boss, Howard, to propose a new work arrangement and ends up getting fired.
Act 2, Section 1Happy, Biff, and Willy meet for an unsuccessful and tense dinner at Frank's Chop House.
Act 2, Section 3After a final confrontation between Willy and Biff, Willy commits suicide by crashing his car.
Act 2, Section 5| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Section 1 | The play opens in the present between Willy and Linda Loman in their home. The stage directions describe a flute t... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 2 | Biff and Happy talk in their bedroom in the present as Willy talks to himself downstairs. The setting shifts to th... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 3 | Willy experiences his first memory flashback with his boys and then with Linda. Already talking to himself in the ... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 4 | Willy's past affair is revealed, and the neighbor Charley offers Willy a job in the present. Still in the past, Wi... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 5 | In an imagined scene from the past, Ben talks about his success to Willy. As Charley and Willy continue to play ca... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 6 | In the present, Linda, Biff, and Happy discuss Willy's state of mind. With Willy out of the house on a walk, Linda... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 7 | In the present, the Loman family discusses Biff's prospects. The whole family gathers in the house where the ongoi... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 1 | After an optimistic morning in the present, Willy visits his boss, Howard. The sun is shining the next morning, an... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 2 | Willy talks to Ben in a daydream and then talks to Charley in his office in the present. Ben reappears in Willy's ... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 3 | The three Loman men meet at Frank's Chop House in the present. Happy and Biff arrive independently at Frank's Chop... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 4 | The Loman men argue in the present, and Biff's discovery of his father's past affair is revealed. Merging past and... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 5 | In the present, the boys return to the house for Biff and Willy's final argument before Willy drives to his death. ... Read More |
| Requiem | In the present, Linda, Charley, Biff, Happy, and Bernard attend Willy's funeral. A few days later, Linda, Charley,... Read More |
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