Name : Gunawan Eko Wardhana
NIM : A 320 080 055
Class : B
DRAMA ASSIGNMENT
1. Structural Element
1. Narrative Element
1. Character and Characterization
@Main Characters
1) Willy Loman (A 63 year old once popular salesman who’s lost his popularity and sales, not to mention his mind)
2) Biff Loman (A 34 year old son of Willy who has been searching for himself while working on farms in the west to the dismay of his father)
3) Happy Loman (The younger brother of Biff who tries in all he can to please his father and try to continue his father’s dream after he dies)
4) Linda Loman (The wife of Willy who tries to protect Willy’s feelings and can’t make herself confront him if it means hurting his feelings)
@Minor Characters
1) Bernard (A bookish friend of Biff and Happy who urges Biff to study in high school to no avail, however, he himself makes it as a prominent lawyer and goes to argue a case to the supreme court at the end of the play)
2) Charley (Bernard’s father who is fairly successful and offers Willy a job which Willy refuses on the basis of pride)
2. Plot
Willy has a flashback of a time when Biff and Happy were promise high school students. In the flashback, Willy gives his sons a punching bag. After the flashback, Happy asks him why he didn’t go to New England for his business trip. Willy tells about that he almost hit a kid in Yonkers. He also tells his sons of his brother Ben who made a fortune on a trip to Africa. Charley comes to Willy’s house at night complaining of not being able to sleep. Willy regrets that he stayed in American while he could have gone to Alaska or Africa with his brother and made a fortune. While Willy is having this imaginary conversation, Biff talks with Linda and asks her about Willy’s condition. Linda tells about that she can’t bring herself to confront Willy about it. She also tells Biff that Willy has attempted suicide by crashing the car several times. The next day Willy goes to Howard and Biff goes to see Oliver. Biff tries to tell Willy that he didn’t get the money and that he stole a fountain pen from Bill. However, Happy is at the same time lying to Willy that Bill warmly welcomed Biff. Willy apparently accepts Happy’s version. Willy tells his sons that he was fired and falls into his reverie having a flashback of the time Biff caught him in his affair. He remembers that it was that moment that Biff’s life ended. Biff confronts Willy about his suicide attempts and Willy denies everything. He tells Biff that he did not get any money from Oliver and has no hope go get any money. He accuses Willy of not know who he really is. However, after this, Biff cries and leaves. Willy realizes that Biff loves him and decides to celebrate by killing himself by crashing the car which would give his family 20 thousand dollar in life insurance. No one but his family and Charley goes to his funeral.
3. Setting
Willy’s house - Small house in New York surrounded by apartments.à
Restaurant - Restaurant where Stanley works where the Lomans were supposed to have dinner at the end of the play.à
The hotel - The hotel where Willy stays while in New England for his business here Biff catches his father in the affair.à
4. Point of View
Willy Loman is the major character and he is the first person.
5. Theme
The basic idea of “Death of Salesman” is Willy get mad, it caused he want to kill himself to get money life insurance.
2. Technical Element
1. Casting
It was difficult to analyze casting, because the story still in script.
1. Mise en-Scene
1. Set Dressing and Props
Willy’s house is small house in New York surrounded by apartments. Restaurants set and the hotel set are the place which take 1960’s style.
2. Costumes and Make-up
Willy’s costume is like a success businessman, but in reality he is not success his life just be a poor salesman. He wears a coat with hat. He does not look like a weak old man. Linda Loman is a beautiful woman with black hair. She is a care wife, she always carried her family. She is a good mother for her sons. Biff is Will’s first son, he is a sporty boy. Happy is Will’s second son, he is smart and diligent boy.
3. Lighting
There is difficult to analyze the lighting, but in this script we can show there is has natural lighting like the sunshine in the morning.
3. Cinematography
It was difficult to analyze the cinematography because it told about the shot of the scene of drama when it had performance, such as Photographic Qualities of Shot, Framing of Shot, and The Duration of Shot.
4. Sound
It also difficult to analyze the sound of this drama, but the suitable sound to this drama is sad song or dramatic sound.
5. Editing
It was difficult to analyze the editing because it has relation with selection process and camera takes in drama.
2. Conclusion
The conclusion of the drama of Death of a Salesman is the man faced to society or man to society.