Death

Earnest

Death of a Salesman

Comedic, contributes to dramatic irony

Bunbury

Ernest

Algernon: [Stammering] Oh! No! Bunbury doesn't live here. Bunbury is somewhere else at present. In fact, Bunbury is dead.

Jack: He died abroad; in Paris

Foreshadowing, hinted at with rubber pipe.
Dark, linked to memories, justifies Willy's death.

Willy's suicide

Linda: Every day I go down and take away that little rubber pipe

As the car speeds off, the music crashes down in a frenzy of
sound, which becomes the soft pulsation of a single cello string

Ben's death and legacy

Ben: The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy.

Waiting for Godot

Something to do, hatred of lives and endlessness. Existentialism and the death of others.

Tree

Voices (of others)

Estragon: Like billions of others.

Estragon: Let's hang ourselves immediately!

Estragon: Where are the leaves?
Vladamir: It must be dead.