Similarities Between Death Of A Salesman And The Crucible

Arthur Miller, an experienced author, and playwright created two largely popular plays in history, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Though the plays took place in two completely different eras, each was set in a time period in which women did not have a great deal of authority within their social and home lives. However, some were willing to overstep certain boundaries when it meant saving the lives of their loved ones. Others, unfortunately, were so confined in their so-called “rightful place” that they were willing to watch even their dearest of family members suffer and on occasion, die. While still having several similarities, Elizabeth Proctor, from The Crucible, was devoted to her husband in such a way that Linda Loman, from Death of a Salesman, could not be toward her husband.

Many of these obstacles are demonstrated in the plays Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Linda Loman, the wife of a hard working American man, Willy Loman, was faced with a troubling situation each and every day of her life. Linda’s situation compares in subtle ways with that of Elizabeth Proctor and her husband John Proctor. These two women came from extraordinarily different time periods, however, they found each other in comparable marriage lives. Willy Loman, Linda’s husband, was a severely depressed man who lived in the past as a form of denial and had shown blatant signs of suicide attempts during his life. Likewise, John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband, while not mentally unstable, was in legal trouble within his community, which could result in his