Death_of_a_Salesman

Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman "If the exaltation of tragic action were truly a property of the high-bred character alone, it is inconceivable that the mass of mankind should cherish tragedy above all other forms" (Dwyer). It makes little sense that tragedy should only pertain to those in high ranks. As explained in his essay "Tragedy and the Common Man," Arthur Miller sets out the pattern for his own idea of a tragedy and the tragic hero. This pattern supports the idea that a tragedy can occur in characters of common men as well as those in high places. In his paper, he demonstrates that it should be possible for everyone to be able to identify with the tragic hero. Miller redefines tragedy as more common occurrence than what might happen in such tragedies as portrayed by Shakespeare and Euripides, thus defining Death of a Salesman as a tragedy. Willy Loman is a tragic hero. His fear is that he wants to be viewed as a good, decent human being. He wants to believe that he's a well liked, decent person who doesn't make mistakes. The truth is that he makes mistakes, many that haunt him, and that he is human. Willy death, salesman, willy, tragic, tragedy, miller, change, being, hero, biff, liked, himself, flaw, common, world, willy's, tragedy…, play, out, man, makes, loman, fear, dwyer, unwillingness, traditional, takes, should, possibility, own, life, justly, image, idea, hope, he's, haunt, even, charley, business, brother, because, about, without, way, victory, underlying, try, though, submit