Willy Loman - Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman

Tradition tout ensembley, sadal title-holderes such as Sophocles Oedipus and William Shakespeares Hamlet, were all of very(prenominal) lofty societal status; either kings or nobles. Arthur milling machines Death of a Salesman however, gave us a new locution at the term hero. It showed us that normal, everyday people, such as Willy Loman, can be tragic heroes as well. This is the modern tragic hero. Miller, through his play, enlightened us and broadened our aesthetic value and detention of tragic beauty.\nAccording to mainstream understanding, a tragic mortal, or as I resembling to echo them, a tragic loser, fails at a multitude 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 high life car, or a sober job. But some dreams, like the American dream, cannot be achieved by everyone. One soul achieving it pith that many differents will not, because in that respect is a fixed do of wealth tha t can be distributed, and not everyone can use up the same amount. The tragic person fails to reach his goals and therefore has a sense of unfulfilled, wasted 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 wherefore there are less successful people than others, and so people admire them.\nHowever, not every tragic person can become a hero. A tragic hero struggles to preserve his dignity and vanity and independence in an increasingly alien and impersonal world. He is willing to sacrifice anything, purge his life, to secure his beliefs, whether he is of high social class or not. This is expressed by Miller as the modern tragic hero.\nIn the play, Willy Loman, in hostel to achieve his American Dream, worked very hard and did not eat up, I am create something with this firm, Ben, and if a man is building something he must be on the right racecourse (M iller 85). Even when he had bemused everything and can n...