Death of a Salesman- #1 realistic vs. nonrealistic

While reading the Glass Menagere, We discussed the realistic and nonrealistic parts of the play in depth. Death of a salesman also has a realistic/nonrealistic quality. The play takes place in the present and the people are leading real lives. However. Willy, the father, is trapped in the past and has trouble distiquishing between the past and the present. He often thinks that his memories are the present. HE is haunted by his past and he is unable to get rid of it until he kills himself. So Willy's character is living in a nonrealistic world but the other characters are. Further more, because Willy's memories haunt him there are actual ghosts that have a part in the play. Willy aslo hears music and talks to his son biff as if he were younger and even when Biff is not around. This realistic/nonrealistic clash creats an interesting story thatrevolves a man coping with his past or in Willy's case not coping.