Death of a Salesman: Scene Breakdown

Act 1
SCENE PAGES SETTING CHARACTERS FOCUS EXTRA-DIAGETIC SOUND CUES & EFFECT
1) pp. 11-13, top
Unexpected returns &
1) 11-27 Loman home: Present Loman family 2) p. 18, bottom
unanswered questions
3) p. 27, ¼ down
All the seeds of the future are 4) p. 28, middle
2) 28-40 Loman yard: Past Lomans, Charley, Bernard
planted 5) p. 37, near bottom
Shooting casino in the burning 6) p. 44, bottom
3) 41-46 Loman home: Present Willy, Happy, Charley, Ben
woods
Lomans, Charley, Bernard, Ben in Brooklyn: walking into the 7) p. 48, bottom
4) 47-52 Loman yard: Past
Ben jungle 8) p. 51, near bottom
5) 53-61 Loman home: Present Linda, Happy, Ben Trying to confront the truth
6) 63-69 Loman home: Present Loman family Family reunion: hope for the future 9) p. 68, bottomend

ACT 2
SCENE PAGES SETTING CHARACTERS FOCUS
A new day: new hope, new seeds, 10) p. 71, top
1) 71-76 Loman home: Present Wily & Linda
& dinner
Howard’s Office: Dave Singleman & the death of a 10B) p. 82, 2/3 down
2) 77-84 Willy & Howard
Present salesman
Lomans, Charley, Bernard, 11) 84, middle
3) 84-90 Loman yard: Past The big game & Ben’s departure
Ben
Charley’s Office: 12) 87 ¼ down88, near top
4) 91-98 Willy, Bernard, Charley What happened in Boston?
Present
Frank’s Chop House: Willy, Biff, Happy, Miss 12C) p. 98, near bottom
5) 98-109 The big blaze spreads all around
Present Forsyth
Loman yard / Frank’s 12C) p. 109, middle
Willy, Biff, Happy, the girls,
6) 109-115 Chop House / Boston Reality descends on Willy’s dream
the Woman
hotel: Past / Present
Boston hotel / Frank’s 13) p. 116, ¼ down
7) 116-122 Chop House: Willy, Biff, & the Woman What happened in Boston 14) p. 121, 2/3 down122, middle
Past / Present
8) 122-125 Loman house: Present Linda, Biff, Happy A pair of animals returns
15) p. 127, ¼ down
Loman yard / Loman
The final conflict & diamonds in 15A) p. 133, ¾ down
9) 125-136 home: Present / Lomans, Ben
the dark 16) p. 136, ¼ down
Imagination
16A) p. 136, middle

REQUIEM
PAGES SETTING CHARACTERS FOCUS
137-139 Gravesite: Present Lomans, Charley, Bernard We’re free 17) p. 139end