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The Card game scene is an important dramatic scene in "Death of a Salesman." What is Miller trying to convey to the audience through the scene and which dramatic devices and structures does he use to achieve this?
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... The Card game scene is an important dramatic scene in "Death of a Salesman." What is Miller trying to convey to the audience through the scene and which dramatic devices and structures does he use to achieve this? "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller was written in 1949 and portrays, Willy Loman, a failing salesman in the last few days of his life. He is very caught up in the "American Dream" with the opportunity of success for everyone who wants it, and is driven mad by the fact that whatever he does, he cannot be successful forcing him into a breakdown and eventually suicide. During the last few days of his life, of which we are allowed a glimpse, Willy has many flashbacks of key parts in his life which help to explain his breakdown to the audience. I think Arthur Miller used this play as an attack on













