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A Tragic Hero of a Salesman - Tragic Heroism in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Title: A Tragic Hero of a Salesman - Tragic Heroism in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Category: Literature / Biographies
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A Tragic Hero of a Salesman - Tragic Heroism in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is the tragic story of one man and his struggle to fulfill the American
dream and take his family along with him. Since the story is tragic, what would a tragedy be
without the title character, himself, dying? Well, probably just a sad story. So, it happens, but
we have to wonder, is Willy Loman a tragic hero? Arthur Miller says a tragic hero is "The
tragic feeling...invoked whenever we …showed first 75 words of 446 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 446 total…the best for each of them, or at least what he believed was the best. That is the only
flaw, is that through Willy's eyes and from the audience's perspective and through our pity for
him, we can see him as the tragic hero, and he can see himself that way if he chose to;
unfortunately, however, his family, through their eclectic lifestyles may not have viewed his life
and death in the same light.
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