Influenced by the social-problem plays of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the experimental poetics of Clifford Odets and Tennessee Williams, and the inventive staging of Thornton Wilder, Miller created his own brand of drama that often explored macrocosmic social problems within the microcosm of a troubled family. In the creation of Death of a Salesman, along with its director Elia Kazan and designer Jo Mielziner, Miller brought a new style of play to the American stage which mixes the techniques of realism and expressionism this has since been dubbed “subjective realism” and provoked a redefinition of what tragedy might mean to a modern audience. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Miller maintained his optimism that despite humanity’s unfortunate predisposition toward betrayal, people could transcend this and be better.

A staunch patriot and humanist, Miller’s work conveys a deeply moral outlook whereby all individuals have a responsibility both to themselves and to the society in which they must live. Finally, the themes of the play are drawn from Miller's society such as the failure of the American dream, the family theme, father-son relationship and mother-son relationship.Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was the author of essays, journals, short stories, a novel, and a children’s book, but is best known for his more than two dozen plays, which include the seminal American dramas Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Despite Miller’s artistic creativity, he was affected by particular historical events such as the Great Depression (1929-1939), World War II, The Cold War, the wide spread of capitalism and the economic boom of the late 1940s. The play is a social commentary on certain values, beliefs and morals that were common in the American society in the 1930s. The findings of the study show that Miller's Death of a Salesman is a product of its time, place, circumstances and the playwright’s biography. The study chiefly examines the outside contexts regarding the biographical, historical, political, social and cultural contexts, making special reference to the characters, themes and events of the play. ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze Arthur Miller's greatest tragedy Death of a Salesman, utilizing the new historicist approach as the main methodology.

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