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. ... These are all falsity of his dreams. ... In Death of a Salesman, Miller is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. ... Through a series of flashbacks in the play, where we witness Willy's persistent efforts to make the American Dream a reality for himself and his family, Miller la...

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Willy Loman is the protagonist of Dealth of a salesman. ... But hey dont realize willy just a ordinary salesman. ... He desire to accomplish the American Dream. ... Also he refuse facing the cruel fact. he spends his whole life attempts to capture his belief which is the American Dream, but he was failed and become a victim of it. he struggles to preserve financial security for his family and dreams about making himself a huge financial success. ... It's shows that he is extremely dependence the dream. ...

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In the case of Death of a Salesman, Miller is .. ... His paramount obsession with the American dream, which he has not achieved, causes him to seek solace in past memories while living in the present. ... He dreams the American legend: the brother who walked into the jungle and came out of it rich. ... Miller has captured the tragedy of the American common man in Death of a Salesman. ... A salesman is got to dream, boy. ...

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In looking at the characteristics of the tragic hero, it can be see that Willy Loman is not a tragic hero but a victim of a false idealistic pursuit of the "American Dream". ... Willy's harmartia was his obsession with the false American Dream that caused him to become delusional and totally blind of his actual situation. ... 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 toward...

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Willy Loman and Okonkwo, the chief protagonists of the drama Death of a Salesman, and the novel Things Falls Apart, respectively, are both classical examples of a tragic hero as they struggle to achieve success in societies that seems completely turned against them. ... He is also constantly trying to make his dream a reality, and instills his dreams in his sons to try to make them become what he desired to be. ... His false hopes and dreams come crashing down on him as he realizes his view of the American Dream remained nothing but a dream. ... What Willy didn't realize was that being...

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