Troy Maxon Character Analysis

Troy Maxon represents a modern tragic character very well due this is fatal flaw, and downfall by the end of the play. Though he may not meet the requirement of being a character of nobility or of high class, all the other parts of the definition of a tragic character fit him very well. We see throughout the play that his authoritarianist behavior causes him to treat his family in a way that distances him from them. By the end of the story the tragedy ends with Troy dead, and without his family. From the very beginning of the story Troy is seen as a character that is very dominating towards his family. He makes the decisions around the house and the rest of the family members must do as he says. When Cory wants to play football for college, his father doesn’t
At the end of A Death of A Salesmen Biff has basically lost all connection to his father just as Cory had with Troy. Both Willy and Troy also have affairs with other women, which eventually distances them from the rest of the family. We see how both characters essentially treat their family members as though they are servants, Willy tells his wife not to speak when he is multiple times throughout the play. Similarly, Troy aims to dictate every decision that his children make. Both characters wives have basically given up on their marriage and husband, in Fences Roses even states that “you [Troy] a womanless man.” At the end of the story the two characters Troy and Willy are dead and have lost all connect to their family. This lack of connect is even present in both characters’ funerals. At Willy’s funeral Biff continues to be insensitive towards his father stating that, “he never knew who he was.” Similarly, Cory is insensitive towards his father saying that he doesn’t even want to go to the