"Death of Salesman" by Arthur Miller: analysis of the ending; identifying symbolism and themes.

The end of "the death of a salesman" concludes the story at Willy's funeral. In the story there are very few people attending only Willy's family Charley and Bernard. Linda struggles to find the answer to why Willy killed himself because they were so close to paying off their bills. Linda then requests privacy and apologizes to the grave that she is unable to cry because it feels as though Willy is just on another …showed first 75 words of 620 total…

…showed last 75 words of 620 total…the flute music, can be seen to symbolize Willy's hopeless pursuit of the American dream, and the picture of the towering apartment buildings over their house reinforce the fact that Willy dies as deluded as he lived and that even though his family now owns the house it is again pointless and sorrowful due to the surrounding buildings blocking out any sunlight. The sunlight in this case representing success of which there house gets none.