This scenario is not present in Death of a Salesman since the nature of Willy's pitiful downfall does not evoke human greatness or potential. Death of a Salesman clearly does not adhere to classic requirements yet it does have some elements that point towards the classic tragedy. ... Willy wants to become everything Ben is, rich and confident, but Ben is also dead. Willy's father went off to Alaska to find wealth but also ended up dead. ... Alternatively, the story of David Singleman acts as an oracle in the way that it foreshadows Willy's death, "- and by the way he died the...

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He come to find out that the dead king Laïos was indeed his father, and Oedipus was the one to kill him as he was escaping the prophecies. ... In Death of a Salesman, Willy is misguided and sets out to accomplish something that he fantasizes about, but ironically it is that very thing that causes pain and devastation to himself and everyone around him. ... In Death of a Salesman, Willy, also blind, is stuck in a fantasy but fools himself as well as everyone surrounding him. ...

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