Summary: Response To Tragedy And The Common Man
Response to Tragedy and the Common Man
In this article, Miller questions the authenticity of the tragic hero. This article deals with the issue of tragedy as it absolutely affects the common everyday man. According to him, tragedy shouldn’t be stereotyped or limited to the kings and just people in the society. As a matter of fact, we pity those people not because of their suffering, but primarily because they are human too and we can connect to the emotionally.
Like Miller, I too believe that what constitutes a tragic hero, needs not to be a person of kingly status, but one who lives amongst the ordinary people. The struggle to gain that “rightful” position in society is not only exhibited by monarchs or aristocrats, but is best shown
In this article, Miller questions the authenticity of the tragic hero. This article deals with the issue of tragedy as it absolutely affects the common everyday man. According to him, tragedy shouldn’t be stereotyped or limited to the kings and just people in the society. As a matter of fact, we pity those people not because of their suffering, but primarily because they are human too and we can connect to the emotionally.
Like Miller, I too believe that what constitutes a tragic hero, needs not to be a person of kingly status, but one who lives amongst the ordinary people. The struggle to gain that “rightful” position in society is not only exhibited by monarchs or aristocrats, but is best shown