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Death of a Salesman

In any final scene of a drama, it has the significance of resolving the main conflicts in the play, and performs the function of a closure, or ending of the tale. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the final scene consists of different conflict views and from these different views; a resolution is made to complete the tale; which gives the audience the sense of understanding the characters, themes, conflicts, and how the resolution made it all seem clearer of why, who and what? The final scene shows the closure through the resolution that Willy has on the behalf of his favored son, Biff, Willy’s battle within himself, the society of people around him, and the views of his succession. From these revelations and resolutions, the drama is more understood and complete.
The last scene of Death of a Salesman is at Willy Loman’s funeral. The funeral is the resolution and performs the function of closure by contemplating how Willy lived his life the way he did, said the things he s...

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