美国当代剧作家阿瑟·米勒的《推销员之死》被很多评论家认为是美国第一部杰出的悲剧,讲述了一个为了追求“美国梦”而兜售出自己生命的推销员悲惨的一生。本文以“空间表征”为切入点,通过分析这部剧中出现的家庭空间、心理空间和社会空间,揭示隐藏在“美国梦”背后社会底层小人物的物质生活困境、心理状态困境和人与人之间的交往困境,颠覆了“美国梦”所吹嘘的只要经过努力,不懈地奋斗便能获得更好的生活的论断。 The death of a salesman by American contemporary playwright Arthur Miller, considered by many critics as the first outstanding tragedy in the United States, tells the tragic story of a salesman selling his own life in pursuit of “American Dream.” Life Based on the analysis of the family space, psychological space and social space appearing in the play, this paper explores the materialistic predicament and psychological state hidden in the bottom of the “American Dream” And the difficult situation of interpersonal communication, subverts the assertion that “American dream ” boasts that a better life can be obtained only through hard work and unremitting efforts.