Death of a Salesman is a play about a man named Willy Loman, an aging salesman who has difficulty remembering events and distinguishing present from his memories. Willy always tried to live up to the "American dream", but unfortunately failed miserably as a salesman and father. Willy, who still has high hopes of realizing his dream, tries to live his life through his eldest son Biff, who turned out to be a failure. Biff discovers the truth behind his father's lies and Willy, tormented by his failures, begins to fall into a downward spiral. The thought of having failed as a salesman and a father ultimately leads Willy to commit suicide. In order to understand a piece like this, you need to use a strategy to approach it. A valid approach to any type of literature is to experience it, interpret it, and evaluate it. Experiencing a play means allowing it to make an impression on the reader, allowing them to observe the characters and create emotions, better understanding the situation occurring in the play and allowing readers to form an opinion. Several times throughout the play we realize that Willy is going in and out of flashbacks. Most of them occur around the time Biff was in high school and foreshadow events in the present. For example, in one of the flashbacks, Biff "borrows" a football from the locker room and Willy says to him: "The coach will probably congratulate you for your initiative." » Obviously, Willy is trying to justify Biff's behavior in addition to his own. In the same flashback, Willy asks Biff, "What do they say about you at school now that they've made you captain?" Willy is proud to learn that Biff has a huge following and is on his way to becoming popular... middle of paper... and allowing harmful activities. “I only ever told him honest things,” Willy says with sadness and regret. Like his brother, Happy is also lost. He grew up in his brother's shadow and tries to mask his self-esteem issues by surrounding himself with women. Death of a Salesman is a tragic play because it tells of disappointment, failure, and death. Ultimately, Willy wastes his adult years trying to prove his worth, but fails at everything he does. He has an erroneous vision of what life should be like, which he passes on to his two children, and no longer knows how to distinguish reality from illusion. This play teaches good morals, good values ​​and this personality can only take you so far in life. We come to understand this by experiencing, interpreting and evaluating the piece, which is a good strategy for approaching any literary work..