Suspense

Dramatic suspense is present throughout the play. Just by looking at the title Death of a Salesman, I couldn't wait to find out who dies (or if someone even dies). Then, Willy's suicide attempts are hinted to when Linda informs Biff about Willy's accidents and how the insurance people said it wasn't an accident, but an intentional act. After this point in the play, Willy's mind is portrayed as more unstable which adds to the dramatic suspense to see if he is going to succeed in killing himself. Once again, Linda discovers another fact that hints to the supposition that Willy wants to die. She finds a hose attached to the furnace or some utility machine in the cellar which could not be good for one's health. I think Linda knows Willy will eventually become successful, and she does everything in her power to stop him. In the end, Willy takes his life by getting into an accident and there is no more suspense in the play.

Eveline

Frank was sort of a flat character. He was the one Eveline was supposed to leave with. When Eveline's father found out about Frank, he forbade her from seeing him calling him a "sailor chap" and also that he knows that kind of man. To me, Frank seems like a kind fellow who would have provided for Eveline and tried to make her happy. I don't think he would have succeeded to make her happy because she would always be thinking of home and the promise she made to her mother. If she would have left, I don't think she would ever be as happy if she left after fulfilling her promise.

Everyday Use

The mother's refusal to let Dee have the quilts indicates a permanent change of character. Before this took place, Mother always had a dream that Dee and her would get on a talk show and come to good terms. It wasn't like they were not on good terms before, they just never talked. Mother had never done something like this before because of the dream. She loved her daughter so much that she couldn't do anything to put her in her place before this. Mother does this now because she was tired of Dee picking on Maggie and didn't like that she was denying her true heritage. "You just don't understand," was Dee's reply to the mother and Maggie. Although Dee claims that Mother and Maggie don't understand their heritage, it is really Dee who doesn't know where she really came from.