《推销员之死》揭示了美国经济大萧条时期人们的生活窘况。本文结合异化理论,发现该剧中主人公威利之死是由残酷的资本主义造成的。资本主义将人视为推动商业发展的机器,使得人们在这种绝对控制下遭受了异化。该剧作中,主人公威利·罗曼的自我认识、与他人的人际关系以及爱的能力均在资本主义强权下发生了异化,导致他最终成为了资本主义社会发展的牺牲品。 The death of a salesman reveals the predicament of people’s lives during the Great Depression of the United States. This thesis, based on the alienation theory, finds that the death of Willy the protagonist in the play is caused by cruel capitalism. Capitalism sees people as machines that drive business, alienating people under this absolute control. In the play, the protagonist Willie Lohmann’s self-awareness, his interpersonal relationship and the ability to love alienated under the capitalist power led him eventually to become the victim of the development of capitalist society.