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      Module 7: Death of a Salesman

      Section 1: Death of a Salesman: Act 1

      Lesson A: Arthur Miller and 20th Century American Drama

      Charles Dickens
      The Dickens Page. Everything you might ever want to know about Charles Dickens can be found through this site.
      http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html

      Emile Zola
      Zola, a French novelist and critic, founded the naturalist movement in literature.
      http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ezola.htm

      Upton Sinclair
      Deeply committed to social justice, Upton Sinclair believed in the power of literature to improve the human condition. He wrote more than 90 novels but is best remembered for "The Jungle" (1906), in which he describes the wretched sanitary and working conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry.
      http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sinclair.htm

      Van Gogh
      Home Page of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
      http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

      Marc Chagall
      Marc Chagall Gallery, with links to Galleries and Museum shops offering fine art, books, posters, and gift items by Chagall and other museum artists. An interesting site.
      http://www.chagallgallery.com/

      Munch Museet
      Museum dedicated to Edward Munch’s works, located in Oslo, Norway.
      http://www.munch.museum.no/?id=&mid=&lang=en

       

      Lesson B: Setting the Scene

      A Brief Chronology of Arthur Miller’s Life and Works
      http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/life.html

      Wikipedia: The Great Depression
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

       

      Section 2: A Length of Rubber Hose

      Lesson E: Character is Action

      Death of a Salesman: Context
      http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/salesman/context.html

       

      Section 3: Looking for a Harbour

      Lesson D: Ben, Am I Right?

      Wikipedia: House Committee on Un-American Activities
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee


      Lesson E: What Happened in Boston, Willy?

      “McCarthyism”—Webster’s Dictionary
      http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/McCarthyism

      Arthur Miller, “Are You Now Or Were You Ever?”
      http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/miller-mccarthyism.html

       

      Section 4: Dinner at Frank's Chop House

      Lesson B: Don't Try Honey, Try Hard

      1958: Arthur Miller Cleared of Contempt
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2946000/2946420.stm


      Lesson D: You're No Good for Anything

      Wikipedia: Cultural Revolution
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution

      “Willy Loman Gets China Territory”—New York Times, May 7, 1983
      http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-china.html


      Lesson E: You Promised Me Stockings, Willy

      Online NewsHour: Death of a Salesman—February 10, 1999
      http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june99/miller_2-10.html

       

      Section 5: A Perfect Proposition All Around

      Lesson B: He Loves You, Willy

      On Politics and the Art of Acting by Arthur Miller
      Transcript of the 30th Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, March 26, 2001
      http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/lecture.html


      Lesson C: It's Dark There, But Full of Diamonds

      BBC News Entertainment—Connecting with Arthur Miller
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/851330.stm


      Lesson D: It Was a Very Nice Funeral

      American Masters: Arthur Miller: None Without Sin
      http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/none-without-sin/56/


      Lesson E: Critical Pespectives

      The following selection of five Death of a Salesman quizzes should keep you busy! The first three links are pure trivia fun, designed by readers of the play like yourself, the fourth is from a university, and the last is a general overview of the plot. Enjoy!

      “Death of a Salesman” quiz
      http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=44565

      “Death of a Salesman” quiz
      http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=66435

      “Death of a Salesman” quiz
      http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=118837

      Test Yourself: Death of a Salesman
      http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/quiz/dsquiz.htm>

      SparkNotes: Death of a Salesman: Quiz
      http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/salesman/quiz.html

       

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