Essay Death of a Salesman on Arthur Miller
Instructions on How to Compose ESSAY # 1 on Arthur Miller
The first essay is based on your reading and interpretation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. This should be a literary criticism of 500-word using proper MLA citations. Use the following prompts to organize your essay. You don’t have to use them as Q and As to your essay, these are general guidelines to help you analyze and write your essays.
• What Marxist ideas do you see reflected in Miller’s play?
• How would you connect Miller’s play to the readings we did in class that focus on labor problems? Do you see common themes and concerns?
• What devices are used by Miller to bring out the internal conflict of Willy Loman? (think about stage direction, dream sequence, soliloquies etc). How is Willy’s tragedy relatable to modern-day workers?
• Comment on the relationship between Linda and Willy? How can you apply Marxist ideas to gender relationship? (refer to the articles read in class)
• Death of a Salesman has been among the most popular plays of the American theater. What accounts for the play’s perennial appeal? How can we relate to it in this day and age?
The last page of your essay is the work cited page, which will list in MLA format the Bellow text, quoted in your essay.
Remember that an essay must have a title, an introductory paragraph, several paragraphs in the body of the essay, and a concluding paragraph. You must incorporate quotes from the essay to earn credit for this paper, and you must incorporate the quotes correctly, according to MLA guidelines. For example, include a signal phrase before you quote- According to Bellow, the writer believes that, the writer expresses concern that…
After the signal phrase, put a comma and then quote correctly from the text using quotation marks.
Note: Use the general writing guidelines (posted in Bb) as you create your drafts and final essays for each assignment. Make sure to allow plenty of time to write and edit your work.
Turn in original work, do not plagiarize. Do not copy paste from internet sources or your peers. Whenever you borrow ideas from anybody and any source, you have to cite it. Please look at the “Note on plagiarism” sheet posted in Bb if you’re not sure what plagiarism is.
General Writing Guidelines
Your essay should be double-spaced, use Times Roman, size 12 font, with a header, a heading, and a title. Your essay should be 500 words. Below, I put directions for inserting a header.
Nowhere in the paper should there be any double-double spacing. Use the Tab key to indent and show the beginning of a new paragraph.
Do not, for any reason other than dialogue, use second person you in your work. For this essay, you may use first person I or third person She or He as the point of view.
Be consistent with the tense in your paper.
Do not use contractions.
Use proper capitalization.
Use the spell and grammar check in your word-processing program.
Use the works cited page example in this handout. The works cited page should be the last page of your paper, and it should be on a page of its own. It should include only the works that you cited in this paper.
Save Your Paper Correctly
I cannot open any format except .doc, .docx, or .rtf. To receive credit for this work, you must attach the essay in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format to the Drop Box Folder.
Your essay should be saved in one of the following forms:
Last name_First name_Essay 1.doc

Example: Fisher_Tim_Essay 1.doc
Last name_First name_Essay 1.docx
Example: Franck_Hosney_Essay 1.docx
Last name_First name_Essay 1.rtf
Example: Pierre_Abed_Essay 1.rtf
Header Directions
Headers and Headings are not the same things, and your paper requires both items. The header should be found at the top of every page, including the works cited page, but the heading should be on the first page only. To create a proper heading, you must follow the directions below; otherwise, your text will shift and you will have a mess.
A header in Word 2003 is created by following this path: Insert_Page number_Top of Page_Template number three_Type your last name and space_Highlight name and page number_Right click_ change font to Times Roman and font size to 12_Close Header/Footer
A header/footer in Word 2010 is created by following this path: Click on the Insert tab_Go to the 5th column labeled Header & Footer_See options named Header, Footer, and Page number, and click on the down arrow right next to Page Number_Click on the first option, Top of the Page, and then click on the third option, Plain Number 3_A number should appear at the top right corner of your paper_Click on Close Header and Footer at the very right of the Ribbon.
Heading Directions

A heading should be located only at the default top/left margin of the first page, and it should include your name, class (ENC1101_T/TH and time of class), number of essay (Essay One), the professor’s name (Professor Banerjee), date the essay is due (Month, Day, Year), and word count.