DEATH OF A SALESMAN BY ARTHUR MILLER

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

AND THE SOCRATIC SEMINAR

This method is known as the Socratic Seminar, named for the famous Socrates. Socrates was a famous Greek philosopher. His method of teaching encouraged students to question everything. The Greek government became uneasy with this method, for when people begin to question everything, they are no longer blinded by what they are told. Instead, they look at everything with a critical eye. Because Socrates’ methods made the Greek government nervous, they sentenced him to death. His death sentence was to drink a poisoned drink (hemlock). One of his students was so inspired by Socrates, that he dedicated his life to writing down everything Socrates ever said – that student was Plato. Today, thousands of years later, we realize how brilliant his methods were. What we’re going to embark on the next couple days is based on Socrates' methods – the Socratic Seminar.

Seminar Reflection:
1. What do you think the value is of Death of a Salesman?
2. What did you learn from this seminar?
3. How did you feel about this seminar?