阿瑟·米勒是当代美国剧坛继奥尼尔之后最著名的剧作家之一。《推销员之死》是米勒的代表作。本文试图通过对这篇作品的主题和人物的分析 ,揭示美国梦的虚幻以及它对剧中人物性格造成的极深的扭曲与伤害 ;而它的破灭则进一步揭示了扎根于美国人灵魂深处的美国梦的不现实性。它的持久与幻灭是美国社会经济繁荣虚饰下的病态显现 Arthur Miller is one of the most famous playwrights in the contemporary American theater scene following O’Neill. The death of a salesman is Miller’s masterpiece. This article attempts to reveal the illusion of the American dream and its profound distortions and injuries to the character of the play through the analysis of the theme and figures of this work, and its disintegration further reveals the roots of the American soul The unrealistic dream of the United States. Its persistence and disillusionment are the morbid manifestations of the economic prosperity of the United States