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1、PlotWillyLoman returnshomeexhaustedafteracancelledbusinesstrip.WorriedoverWilly'sstateofmindandrecentcaraccident,hiswifeLindasuggeststhatheaskhisbossHowardWagnertoallowhimtoworkinhishomecitysohewillnothavetotravel.WillycomplainstoLindathattheirson,Biff,hasyettomakego
2、odonhislife.DespiteBiff'spromiseasanathleteinhighschool,heflunkedsenior-yearmathandneverwenttocollege.BiffandhisbrotherHappy,whoaretemporarilystayingwithWillyandLindaafterBiff'sunexpectedreturnfromtheWest,reminisceabouttheirchildhoodtogether.Theydiscusstheirfather'sm
3、entaldegeneration,whichtheyhavewitnessedintheformofhisconstantvacillationsandinstancesinwhichtheyhaveobservedhimtalkingtohimself.Willywalksin,angrythatthetwoboyshaveneveramountedtoanything.Inanefforttopacifytheirfather,BiffandHappytellWillythatBiffplanstomakeabusines
4、spropositionthenextday.Thenextday,Willygoestoaskhisboss,Howard,forajobintownwhileBiffgoestomakeabusinessproposition,butneitherissuccessful.Willygetsangryandendsupgettingfiredwhenthebosstellshimheneedsarestandcannolongerrepresentthecompany.Biffwaitshourstoseeaformerem
5、ployerwhodoesnotrememberhimandturnshimdown.Biffimpulsivelystealsa fountainpen.WillythengoestotheofficeofhisneighborCharley,whereherunsintoCharley'ssonBernard(nowasuccessfullawyer);BernardtellshimthatBifforiginallywantedtodowellin summerschool,butsomethinghappenedinBo
6、stonwhenBiffwenttovisitWillythatchangedhismind.Happy,Biff,andWillymeetfordinneratarestaurant,butWillyrefusestohearbadnewsfromBiff.HappytriestogetBifftolietotheirfather.BifftriestotellhimwhathappenedasWillygetsangryandslipsintoa flashback ofwhathappenedinBostonthedayB
7、iffcametoseehim.WillyhadbeenhavinganaffairwithareceptionistononeofhissalestripswhenBiffunexpectedlyarrivedatWilly'shotelroom.AshockedBiffangrilyconfrontedhisfather,callinghimaliarandafraud.Fromthatmoment,Biff'sviewsofhisfatherchangedandsetBiffadrift.Biffleavestherest
8、aurantinfrustration,followedbyHappyandtwogirlsthatHappyhaspickedup.TheyleaveaconfusedandupsetWillybehindintherestaurant.Whentheylat
