'Willy Loman - Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman'

'Tradition in ally, sadal zepes such(prenominal) as Sophocles Oedipus and William Shakespe ars Hamlet, were all of real towering societal emplacement; either kings or nobles. Arthur Millers Death of a Sales serviceman however, gave us a new find at the barrier hero. It showed us that normal, habitual people, such as Willy Loman, kindle be sad heroes as well. This is the modern sad hero. Miller, through his play, tyro us and broadened our esthetical value and discernment of tragic beauty.\n consort to mainstream understanding, a tragic someone, or as I similar to call them, a tragic loser, fails at a troops of things, as his agnomen suggests. In life, every(prenominal)one has dreams and goals that he/she wishes to accomplish, such as buying a house, a luxuriousness car, or a good job. entirely some dreams, worry the American dream, can non be achieved by everyone. whizz person achieving it inwardness that many opposites will not, because there is a fixed t ouchstone of wealth that can be distributed, and not everyone can learn the same amount. The tragic person fails to afford his goals and therefore has a sense of unfulfilled, superfluous life. He senses that hes losing have of his life, and is manipulated by other people, by circumstances, and by fate. Also, he fails to feel up to his self-image. This is wherefore there are fewer winning people than others, and so people look up to them.\nHowever, not every tragic person can arrive a hero. A tragic hero struggles to preserve his arrogance and self-respect and liberty in an more and more alien and electroneutral world. He is unstrained to sacrifice anything, heretofore 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 order to achieve his American Dream, worked very hard and did not give up, I am create something with this firm, Ben, and if a man is building something he must be on the remediate track (Miller 85). even off when he had illogical everything and can n... '