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John Proctor And Willy Loman: The Tragedies Of Two Common Men John Proctor and Willy Loman: The Tragedies of Two Common Men Are John Proctor and Willy Loman common men' Are they tragic heroes' Using information from Arthur Miller’s essay, “Tragedy and the Common Man”, both men can be defined as common, and both men can be defined as tragic heroes. Miller’s essay also characterizes the plays “The Crucible” and “Death of a Salesman” as tragedies in modern literature. According to Miller, the quality that shapes the image of the common man is one that “derives from the underlying fear of being displaced, the disaster inherent in being torn away from our chosen image of what and who we are in this world” (Miller, Tragedy of the Common Man). Both John Proctor and Willy Loman share this fear, and both regard their reputations in society very highly. Proctor’s fear of being displaced is evident in the last act when he refuses to sign the confession stating that he practiced witchcraft. Procter declares, “I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”(Miller, The Crucible, Act IV). This quote implies that Procter values maintaining his chosen image as a good and holy man over his soul, which in his religious society is also regarded very highly. Willy willy, man, death, common, salesman, proctor, crucible, both, act, tragic, tragedy, miller, one, john, dignity, being, world, loman, victory, possibility, passive, opinion, miller’s, men, image, hero, fear, considered, biff, because, am, witchcraft, tragedies, suicide, refuses, modern