Death of Salesman

Name : Dyah Hafni Wulandari
NIM : A 320080016
DRAMA
DEATH OF SALESMAN
Structural Element of Death of Salesman
1. Narrative Elements
a. Character and Characterization
1) Major Character : Willy Loman - A 63 year old once popular salesman who’s lost his popularity and sales, not to mention his mind. Biff Loman - A 34 year old son of Willy who has been searching for himself while working on farms in the west to the dismay of his father. Happy Loman - The younger brother of Biff who tries in all he can to please his father and attempts to continue his father’s dream after he dies. Linda Loman - The wife of Willy who tries to protect Willy’s feelings and can’t make herself confront him if it means hurting his feelings.
2) Minor Character : Bernard - A bookish friend of Biff and Happy who urges Biff to study in high school to no avail, however, he himself makes it as a prominent lawyer and goes to argue a case to the supreme court at the end of the play. Charley - Bernard’s father who is fairly successful and offers Willy a job which Willy refuses on the basis of pride.
b. Setting.
1) Setting of place : Willy’s house - Small house in New York surrounded by apartments. Restaurant - Restaurant where Stanley works where the Lomans were supposed to have dinner at the end of the play. The hotel - The hotel where Willy stays while in New England for his business trips. This is where Biff catches his father in the affair.
2) Setting of time : The drama happen around 24 hours from Monday night until Tuesday evening in 1949.
c. Plot
Willy was sick and his two children back to his home. But they have a economy problem. Finally Willy decided to killed himself by crassing himself with his car with another car in order after he dead, he get money from assurance. And the money from the assurance can fulfill the daily life need of his family.
d. Theme
The theme of the drama is about Willy’s family problem. The problem that faced by Willy’s family is the economy problem.
2. Technical Elements
a. Mise-and-scene
• The set for this play looks deceptively simple but actually complicated enough. The walls of the set are constructed out of a fabric called Cinenet which is very lightweight and very delicate. In fact, if it is torn, it cannot be mended but must be completely re-built. To create the desired urban look for the walls, the Cinenet has been painted to look like bricks. Low-pile carpeting has been installed over sub-flooring to create the deck, and tracks in the sub-flooring are used for moving the pair of mansions on and off the stage. Two wagons are used in the show – one is Willy and Linda's bedroom and reconfigured to be the Chop House; the other is the boys' bedroom and later adapted for the hotel.
• The props consist of furniture pieces such as the bed for the master bedroom suite, the twin beds for Biff and Happy and the kitchen chairs were purchased. The kitchen set was purchased at a local antique store, but the stove and refrigerator were from stock and were painted to match the kitchen set. Because the walls of the set are scrim, there are no pictures or any set decoration on them.
b. Costume
The costume that wear in Death of Salesman drama is like wear by Linda Loman’s costumes, in particular, change considerably. The 1934 look is fresher, perkier while the look in 1949 becomes more somber with subdued, softer colors. Three of the suits for the men were built using a light wool suiting fabric and two were pulled from stock. The trench coat for Uncle Ben was built using a light, cream-colored wool gabardine fabric. His suit coat was purchased, but the pants were built by the Costume Department. All the men’s hats were pulled from stock except for Uncle Ben’s, which was specially built to coordinate with the overall color scheme of his costume. A local knitter made the letter sweater for Biff.
3. The drama is about man and society.