Example: I asked Gina to accept my hand in marriage. Then he smiled, and as I waited for his response, his face seemed to spread as pleasantly as a dining candle dripping its melted wax onto the fibers of an Egyptian cotton tablecloth. The example sentence preceding this paragraph may perplex any reader when no further details are provided describing the context in which this sentence was written. Without any transition in the opening sentence of this article, the audience may not be able to discern whether the actions in the sentence are real or part of a dream or alternate reality. As any author or playwright attempts to transfer his story from one reality to an alternate reality, it is his responsibility to conspicuously or subtly guide his audience into the next scene or alternate reality of the story. Not doing so can lead to audience confusion and a misperception of the author's intentions. Playwrights Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller have similar and contrasting ways in which they apply their nonrealistic techniques, with the aim of clarifying any transitions from the scene or script to the intended audience. Next I will explain my examination, both comparative and contrastive, of Arthur Miller's works. Death of a Salesman alongside Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and each playwright's application of unrealistic techniques. The first major transition in Death of a Salesman The salesman transpires as the main character, Willy Loman, is imagining that his teenage sons, though now both in their thirties, are washing his fairly new Chevy automobile. The audience... middle of paper... Miller's unrealistic approach was abstract and metaphorical, while Williams' unrealistic approach was conveyed as a memory of certain times and places with events and actions that occurred. I have a personal affection and admiration for the abstruse, but perhaps I would do better to get the message of Death of a Salesman by witnessing the story on stage or in film. I admire the direct approach that Tennessee Williams took in writing The Glass Menagerie. Williams' approach allowed for easier reading on paper. My eyes and mind now instinctively move towards the future. Works Cited Miller, Arthur. "Death of a Salesman." 1949. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th ed. vol. E. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2012. Print.Williams, Tennessee. The glass menagerie. New York: New Directions Publishing, 1945.