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Problem: In Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is NOT a "door-to-door" salesman. He is a traveling salesman who represents a manufacturer and sells not to individual households (like Fuller Brushmen used to do) but to retailers--stores and such--in his territory. To say he "rings a bell" is inaccurate if the phrase is meant to suggest that he shows up at the doorstep of a private home and, well, rings the bell.