scholarly journals The Functions of the Haunting Ghost Ben in Death of a Salesman

Author(s):  
Yaping Hu
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Arthur Miller's masterpiece Death of a Salesman received a large number of papers, but few specially analyze "Ben", a mysterious figure who frequently appears in Willie Loman's illusion. This article aims to study the reasons and functions of his appearances and finds that he is only the projection of his brother Willy’s consciousness and his words are used by Willy to justify his activities, including his suicide.

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-383
Author(s):  
Rachel Clements ◽  
Sarah Frankcom

Sarah Frankcom worked at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester between 2000 and 2019, and was the venue’s first sole Artistic Director from 2014. In this interview conducted in summer 2019, she discusses her time at the theatre and what she has learned from leading a major cultural organization and working with it. She reflects on a number of her own productions at this institution, including Hamlet, The Skriker, Our Town, and Death of a Salesman, and discusses the way the theatre world has changed since the beginning of her career as she looks forward to being the director of LAMDA. Rachel Clements lectures on theatre at the University of Manchester. She has published on playwrights Caryl Churchill and Martin Crimp, among others, and has edited Methuen student editions of Lucy Prebble’s Enron and Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange. She is Book Reviews editor of NTQ.


1964 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 547
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Lawrence

1950 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
John E. Dietrich ◽  
John Gassner
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1993 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Catherine Diamond ◽  
Arthur Miller
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