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Death of a Salesman, Rohith Sanjay, I self-created this brainstorm as it…
Death of a Salesman
Themes
Failures (such as Willy not achieving his desires to interact with people, or Biff failing his math class with an unexpected reaction from his father).
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Rhetorical Strategies
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Contrasts
Previous memories with Willy's father vs. Willy's experience with Ben not staying (contrasting two characters)
How Willy thinks about himself in contrast to how other characters, such as Linda, think about him.
Pathos/emotional appeal
Audience realizes how Willy feels when he is known as the most "saddest, self-centerdest" person
Willy is clearly self-centered and gets upset easily as he aggressively tells the other woman, in addition to Biff, to "stay in the bathroom" or "stop interacting"
Characters
Willy
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Very appreciative of others, especially his father
Biff
Constantly leaves to places, similar to Ben (left to Boston)
Multiple times, he tries to find out the hidden secrets of Willy and why he is the self-centered person people claim he is
Happy and Charley
Both these characters have minor roles, so the audience would focus more on Biff, Willy, and other main ones.
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