Exposition: Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have five daughters. Mrs. Bennett believes her duty as a mother is to marry off her five daughters to wealthy men; however, the second older daughter, Elizabeth, believes that marriage is not about money but rather about love regardless of societal circumstances. When Mr. Collins, a wealthy acquaintance of the Bennetts', proposes to Elizabeth, Elizabeth unexpectedly refuses the proposal; thus, exemplifying her individual perspective about marriage.
Rising action: Later in the novel when Mr. Darcy, a wealthier man, proposes to Elizabeth after calling Elizabeth 'intolerable' is also denied but for a different reason. Mrs. Bennett doesn't approve of his attitude either. Elizabeth claims that Mr. Darcy's attitude is 'horrid' and wealth is not worth the misery within the marriage.
Climax: After Elizabeth receives a letter from Mr. Darcy which explains his attitude towards Mr. Wickham, Elizabeth's attitude and emotional feelings towards Mr. Darcy change.Elizabeth realizes that Mr. Darcy's attitude towards her wasn't sincere.
Falling action: Elizabeth begins to feel compassion for Mr. Darcy and hopes that he still feels the same way about her, even after the refusal to his proposal. She begins to fall in love with him.
Denouement: Once Elizabeth admits her feelings to Mr. Darcy, he proposes again and they get married. Mrs. Bennett's attitude towards Mr. Darcy changes as well because since Elizabeth is getting married to one of the wealthiest known men he is now tolerable.
Exposition: Willy and his wife live at a house in Brooklyn. They have two sons, Biff and Happy. Biff was an idolized football player in high school and Willy associated him with being 'Godly.' However, Biff and Happy are essentially unemployed at the moment so they live at their parents house for awhile until they find a job in the city. When the two boys were young they idolized their father and Willy always thought the best of his sons and believed that they couldn't fail in life, like he eventually did. Willy, a lot of times, day dreams about the past and how good it was to see Biff being a success in high school and inaccurately tries to relate it to the present; thus, Willy's mental state begins to fail worse and worse as the book progresses
Rising Action: Biff goes to see his father in Boston to tell him about college. Biff catches Willy cheating on his wife, which shattered Biff's hopes and dreams of being a success.
Climax: Biff realizes that his father let him down with a lie that tore his family apart and ruined his own life of going to college.
Falling Action: Biff then aspires to confront Willy about this let down and confront him that his problems in life were caused by him. Willy can not overcome this realization and quickly begins to go mentally insane while remembering the past and the present day.
Denouement: Willy decides the only way to repay his forgiveness is to surrender his life insurance money to his family, because he feels that's all he is worth at the moment. Willy then commits suicide in the end.
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