Willy as Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realise that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. ... He always thought that a good salesman should be impressive. he is obsessed with impressions. ... In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. ... He always harps on the glorious past as a popular, impressive and successful salesman. ... He daydreams about ...

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In Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," Willy Loman struggles to find success and be the role model that his sons look up to him as. ... Within Jonathan Witt's "Song of the Unsung Antihero: How Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Flatters Us", he expresses that Willy is over exaggerated and should not be considered by the audience as an anti-hero. Although well thought out, Witt's claim about the over exaggeration of Willy neglects to see his true position as the failed hero of the story and, in actuality, shows the opposite of what Miller intended to portray. ...

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"Death of a Salesman" The play death of a salesman can be easily explained as a literary way of detailing the psychological deterioration of the classic middle class working American man. ... Completely missing from Willies perception of the American dream is that one must work hard to obtain this ideal, this perception is granted to him from the stories that he has heard about his father striking it rich and about his brother becoming rich. ... Throughout the play Willie is seen at his job as a traveling salesman, he is at the age of 63 and his wife wants him to obtain a job in the city ...

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Playwright Arthur Miller believes that the common man can be a center of dramatic interest, and he demonstrated this belief in Death of a Salesman, a tragedy about a very common common-man: a salesman from Brooklyn. ... However, if Death of a Salesman is truly a tragedy, one must ask what is behind the honors. ... When compared to the Aristotelian rubric for a classical tragedy, Death of a Salesman withstands the test. ... In the case of Death of a Salesman, Miller is .. ... Miller has captured the tragedy of the American common man in Death of a Salesman. ...

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Willy Loman is the protagonist of Dealth of a salesman. ... Firstly,about the conditions of a tragic figure. ... But hey dont realize willy just a ordinary salesman. ... Again he lied about his business. ... '' It explain he still has no doubt about his concept. ...

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For the most part Death of a Salesman does not conform to the structure of the classic tragedy even though a few elements agree with the classic tragedy, namely Willy's consistency and the "Requiem" as a Greek chorus. ... 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. ... In Death of a Salesman fate and destiny are not depicted as they would be in a...

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This data also contributes information about the ancient myth about hamartia and its posessor's criterion from Aristotle. ... Furthermore, from online research, writer found some essays about tragic hero entitled An Essay on Whether Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman is Truly A Tragic Hero or Not (2004, January 17). This online essay was written by tigerdolphin in WriteWork.com (retrieved 01:42 PM, June 11, 2014, from http://www.writework.com/essay/essay-whether-willy-loman-death-sales-man-truly-tragic-her). This essay discusses about the truth whether Willy Loman is a tragic hero or not....

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