Welcome to Seneca Revision Notes

1.1.1Author

1.1.2Historical Context

1.1.3Setting

1.1.4Social Issues

2.1.1Staging

2.1.2Key Events 1&2

2.1.3Key Events 3&4

2.1.4Key Events 5&6

2.1.5Key Events 7&8

2.1.6Key Events 9&10

2.1.7Key Events 11&12

2.2.1Foreshadowing & Inevitability

2.2.2Time

2.2.3Settings

2.2.4Family

2.2.5Reality v Fantasy

3.1.1Key Events 1&2

3.1.2Key Events 3&4

3.1.3Key Events 5&6

3.1.4Key Events 7&8

3.1.5Key Events 9&10

3.2.1Pride

3.2.2Metaphor

3.2.3Self-Realisation

4.1.1Staging

4.1.2The Woman

4.2.1In Howard’s Office

4.2.2The Final Confrontation

4.2.3The Requiem

5.1.1Willy Loman

5.1.2Linda Loman

5.2.1Biff Loman

5.2.2Biff's Relationship with Willy

5.2.3Happy Loman

5.3.1Uncle Ben

5.3.2Charley

5.3.3Bernard

6.1.1The American Dream

6.1.2Fathers & Sons

6.1.3Nature & the City

6.1.4Success

6.1.5Men & Women

7.1.1Act One

7.1.2Act Two

7.2.1Introduction

7.2.2Staging

7.2.3Language

7.3.1Introduction

7.3.2Staging

7.3.3Music

7.4.1The Garden / Seeds

7.4.2Diamonds

7.4.3Alaska & Africa

7.5.1Introduction

7.5.2Cars

7.5.3Silk Stockings

7.5.4Money

7.5.5Mythological Figures

8.1.1Miller’s Family & The Great Depression

8.1.2America’s Recovery

9.1.1Introduction

9.2.1The Tragic Hero

9.2.2The Tragic Flaw

9.2.3Recognition

9.2.4Emotional Release

9.2.5Chaos & Disorder

9.2.6Revenge

9.2.7Inevitability

10.1.1Introduction

10.2.1Marxist Analysis

10.2.2The Marxist Reading

10.3.1Feminist Analysis

10.3.2The Feminist Reading

10.4.1Eco-Critical Analysis

10.4.2The Eco-Critical Reading

10.4.3Post-pastoral

10.5.1The Play as Tragedy

10.5.2The Critics