"Death of Salesman"

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One of the most significant aspects of the concept of music that is examined in this paper is the use of the flute to represent the role of the father. Another aspect of the music in the "Death of Salesman" that is discussed in this paper, is the ever conscious portrayal of present day scenes duly combined with the flashbacks into history and vice versa.

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"Finally, Willy reveals the nostalgic quality of a dreamer. This is emphasized subtly by the plaintive, light theme played on the flute as background music. Moreover, there is his delighted response to the pleasant scenery along the road, as well as his recollections of the lilac, wisteria, and peonies that used to give out a springtime fragrance before the apartment builders "massacred" the neighborhood. There is nostalgia, too, as he thinks of the smiling, popular younger Biff, who shined up the Chevrolet so beautifully that no one would believe it had gone eighty thousand miles."

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