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Death of a Salesman Willy Loman returns home after an unsuccessful business trip. Frustrated at his lack of success, his wife Linda suggests that he ask his boss Howard Wagner to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Willy complains to Linda that their son, Biff, who comes home for the holidays, has yet to make good on his life. ChaCha

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Death of a Salesman is an iconic play written by American Arthur Miller in 1949.

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