Death of a Salesman: Scene Breakdown
Act 1
SCENE
PAGES
SETTING
CHARACTERS
FOCUS
1)
11-27
Loman home: Present
Loman family
Unexpected returns &
unanswered questions
2)
28-40
Loman yard: Past
Lomans, Charley, Bernard
3)
41-46
Loman home: Present
Willy, Happy, Charley, Ben
4)
47-52
Loman yard: Past
Lomans, Charley, Bernard,
Ben
All the seeds of the future are
planted
Shooting casino in the burning
woods
Ben in Brooklyn: walking into the
jungle
5)
6)
53-61
63-69
Loman home: Present
Loman home: Present
Linda, Happy, Ben
Loman family
Trying to confront the truth
Family reunion: hope for the future
EXTRA-DIAGETIC SOUND CUES & EFFECT
1) pp. 11-13, top
2) p. 18, bottom
3) p. 27, ¼ down
4) p. 28, middle
5) p. 37, near bottom
6) p. 44, bottom
7) p. 48, bottom
8) p. 51, near bottom
9) p. 68, bottomend
ACT 2
SCENE
PAGES
SETTING
CHARACTERS
1)
71-76
Loman home: Present
Wily & Linda
2)
77-84
Howard’s Office:
Present
Willy & Howard
3)
84-90
Loman yard: Past
Lomans, Charley, Bernard,
Ben
The big game & Ben’s departure
4)
91-98
Willy, Bernard, Charley
What happened in Boston?
5)
98-109
Willy, Biff, Happy, Miss
Forsyth
The big blaze spreads all around
6)
109-115
Willy, Biff, Happy, the girls,
the Woman
Reality descends on Willy’s dream
7)
116-122
Willy, Biff, & the Woman
What happened in Boston
8)
122-125
Linda, Biff, Happy
A pair of animals returns
Lomans, Ben
The final conflict & diamonds in
the dark
9)
125-136
Charley’s Office:
Present
Frank’s Chop House:
Present
Loman yard / Frank’s
Chop House / Boston
hotel: Past / Present
Boston hotel / Frank’s
Chop House:
Past / Present
Loman house: Present
Loman yard / Loman
home: Present /
Imagination
FOCUS
A new day: new hope, new seeds,
& dinner
Dave Singleman & the death of a
salesman
10) p. 71, top
10B) p. 82, 2/3 down
11) 84, middle
12) 87 ¼ down88, near top
12C) p. 98, near bottom
12C) p. 109, middle
13) p. 116, ¼ down
14) p. 121, 2/3 down122, middle
15) p. 127, ¼ down
15A) p. 133, ¾ down
16) p. 136, ¼ down
16A) p. 136, middle
REQUIEM
PAGES
SETTING
CHARACTERS
FOCUS
137-139
Gravesite: Present
Lomans, Charley, Bernard
We’re free
17) p. 139end