Willy Loman - Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman

Traditionally, sad heroes such(prenominal) as Sophocles Oedipus and William Shakespe ars Hamlet, were all of very laid-back social status; each kings or nobles. Arthur Millers Death of a Sales humans however, gave us a bleak look at the circumstance hero. It showed us that normal, everyday populate, such as Willy Loman, rouse be sadal heroes as well. This is the new tragic hero. Miller, through his play, beginner us and broadened our aesthetic apprize and appreciation of tragic beauty.\n concord to mainstream understanding, a tragic somebody, or as I similar to call them, a tragic loser, fails at a tidy sum of things, as his title suggests. In life, everyone has dreams and goals that he/she wishes to achieve, such as buying a house, a luxury car, or a good job. But well-nigh dreams, like the Ameri washstand dream, can non be achieved by everyone. One person achieving it means that many others willing not, because there is a furbish up amount of wealth that can be dis tributed, and not everyone can get the same amount. The tragic person fails to reach his goals and whence has a sense of unfulfilled, adenoidal life. He senses that hes losing control of his life, and is manipulated by other people, by circumstances, and by fate. Also, he fails to live up to his self-image. This is why there are fewer successful people than others, and so people adore them.\nHowever, not every tragic person can wrick a hero. A tragic hero struggles to preserve his hauteur and self-respect and independence in an increasingly alien and neutral world. He is willing to pass anything, even his life, to secure his beliefs, whether he is of high social physical body or not. This is expressed by Miller as the newfangled tragic hero.\nIn the play, Willy Loman, in order to achieve his American Dream, worked very hard and did not give up, I am building something with this firm, Ben, and if a man is building something he must(prenominal) be on the unspoilt track (Mi ller 85). Even when he had lost everything and can n...