The Problem Of A Salesman

San Joaquin Delta College presented Arthur Miller 's Death of A Salesman on Sunday the twenty-second of March at 2 o 'clock in the afternoon. This play is about a young man and his father coming to terms with the past and their futures. Willy Loman, an old salesman, is dealing with both financial and health difficulties. He is put under even more pressure when his unsuccessful son, Biff, returns home. Actor, director, and sound designer, Harvey T. Jordan, played the role of Willy in this production. His directing, acting, and sound effects allowed me to grasp the despaired nature of Willy Loman 's character. The theme of this story is respect and the nature of success. Willy wished that when he is dead, his death would be mourned far and wide. Hoping to have the reputation of a famous salesman; in other words he wants to die “The Death of a Salesman”. After Willie heard about a well-liked salesman, one that is known in all the cities he visits and that can make sales just by picking up the phone, Willie thinks that this job is easy, but he soon discovers the stress a truly dedicated salesman must go through.

In Theatre Mitu’s “hyper-theatrical” production of “Death of A Salesman” by Arthur Miller many aspects were added to heighten the messages and morals of the story about the American Dream. One major choice was the use of objects to signify characters as well as add to characters. Willy carried a empty, open briefcase. Linda carried a sun parasol. Biff carried football gear. All the other characters are objects themselves. Happ is a punching bag. Charley is a refrigerator door, and Bernard is a bug repellent light. The Women is a fan. Ben is a big light, and the waiter is a champagne bucket. Almost all of the characters excluding Biff, Willy, and Linda are recording voices which creates a degree of separation from the outside world. Happ is somewhere in between by being an actor with a microphone.

Position = NOT RANK, what do they argue for? What are they against based on what they stand for? Their claim of truths and falseness? What are they telling you to believe in? What is the argument itself? How do they argue their position? Describe the method of persuasion! [What do salesmen do]

     In Death of a Salesman, a play written by Arthur Miller, Miller reflects the theme that every man needs to be honest with him self and act in accordance with his nature by displaying success and failure in different lights. Miller embodies the theme through characters in the play by explaining how their success and failures in being true to themselves help shapes their fates. Strongest evidence of Miller’s theme is reflected in the characteristics of Biff Loman, Benard, and Willy Loman. Through out the play, these three characters never give way to other’s influence and what other’s view of being successful is.

Personal selling is where a sales man actually comes to target market doors and tries to promote and make a sale from his product. This method of selling is perceived to be quite intimidating and often salesmen can be quite bullish in their approach of the customer. A business that is looking to maintain its corporate image will want to employ good salesmen that will not give off a bad aura when they are at work.

If you're a salesperson, you can close more deals and get more sales, where people can value our opinions, develop more social bonds, etc.

In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy is both sympathized with and looked down upon throughout the story. Willy is a very complex character with problems and faults that gain both sympathy and also turn the reader off to him. Willy Loman is both the protagonist and the antagonist, gaining sympathy from the reader only to lose it moments later.

In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman’s character is viewed differently by many people. Some critics have seen Linda as a “controlling mother figure” who is actually the one to blame for this failure of both her sons and her husband. In this report I will defend this view citing specific examples from the play. Linda was undoubtedly the only one in control throughout the play. I believe that Linda tried to be a good mother and wife but she did not really know what she was doing. At the very beginning of the book we see that Willy, on his way to Boston, has come home because he was unable to concentrate on the road. And just as he was beginning to figure out why, she took his mind off the subject by suggesting that

Personal selling is an important marketing component. In the glossary of our textbook, personal selling is defined as “personal communication with an audience through paid personnel of an organization or it agents in such a way that the audience perceives the communicator’s organization as being the source of the message.” (Ingram, LaForge, Avila, Schwepker, Jr. & Williams, 2015). Personal selling is trying to communicate with or convince a potential customer, usually through face-to-face contact, that your service or product is the best product or service that can satisfy or meet his or her product or service needs. Some examples of personal selling include real estate agents, retail clerks, insurance agents, automobile salespersons, telephone

My personal reaction- I thoroughly enjoyed "Death of a Salesman." It was hard to set down because there was never a dull moment. I was constantly trying to figure out each character. I have to admit, it was difficult to follow due to the fact that it often switched from the present to the past without a clear transition. One thing that I did not care for was the amount of profanity found throughout the play. "Death of a Salesman" is an AR level of 6.2, with that being said, I would not encourage a sixth grader to read this.

In every successful play there is a object to symbolize the irony of the mood. In “Death of a Salesmen” Arthur Miller uses Willy Loman’s car, to set the mood of the american dream. The car is significant because it has a large effect on two themes found in the book; materialism and delusion. The car symbolizes Willy’s struggle and eventual failure to achieve his dream.

Many works of literature have the theme of a failed American Dream, which is the basic idea that no matter what social class an individual may be, they still have an equal ability to achieve prosperity and a good life for their family; however, there has been much debate over whether or not the American dream is still obtainable in modern society. One piece of American literature that substantiates the fact that the American Dream can not be gotten is Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman which describes the tragedy of the average person in America. A number of other writers also draw the inability to capture the American Dream. John Steinbeck demonstrates in his highly acclaimed novel The Grapes of Wrath how hard economic times can

The study case further reveals that Marilyn takes a trial an error approach to promote her products. This approach is very time consuming and not an effective strategy for distributing perishable products or limited time and energy.

A salesman is required to visit all the cities with a known distance between every two cities keeping in mind that the cities have to be visited once. The problem facing the salesman is to determine the shortest possible route the salesman has to use to visit the towns just once and goes back to the original city.

The next stage in the personal selling process is approaching the prospect. This means actually having an initial first meeting with the prospect for the first time, face-to-face. (Personal Selling, pg.136) Like most things in life, “Practice Makes Perfect”, and in this particular case, this statement holds true in that the more a sales representative practices and rehearses their sales presentation, the better. Practicing and rehearsing one’s presentation assist sales representatives in