Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. ... As a result, Oedipus is figuratively dead, for he receives none of the benefits of the living. ... Death of a Salesman In Miller's rendition of a tragedy, we see a much different kind of tragic protagonist. ... In the case of Death of a Salesman, many people in that time period were going through hard times and had tragedies of their own. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School