Who Is Willy Loman A Tragic Hero

Death Of A Salesman , a play by the great playwright Arthur Miller , portrays the "American Dream" which was long sought for a long time by many people around the world. America was and is the land of opportunity, and this opportunity is taken but not wisely by the protagonist Willy Loman. Willy is a man who is rather unmanly because of his weak and cowardly acts throughout the play, where he is surrounded by Linda his wife and his sons Biff and Happy. In a my opinion, this play is extremely well-written and it covers a large diversity of circumestances and issues in Arthur Miller's time.

Talking politics , having lived through both world wars , Arthur Miller was deeply affected by the trauma served by these wars. He once said in
A tragic hero was interpreted by Miller in a way that he changed the core meaning of a tragic hero , which is by Aristotles definition, a hero of noble birth , hamartia , peripeteia and the audience should feel pity for the hero. Miller transformed the hero into Willy Loman , who is not of noble birth with no clear hamartia or perpeteia and the audience do not feel much pitty for him. But still , he is the tragic hero of Death Of A Salesman. Greek Mythology is showed throughout the play too where Willy keeps describing his kids Happy and Biff as greek gods , but they are nothing close to
He included many types of topics that could be discussed throughout the play , he proved his political views and ideas , he mixed cultures around the world in a very corresponding way with bringing in the spice of the social life that we all live in. This play could be a key to many people who are willing to live the American Dream without working hard thinking that the American Dream is the easiest thing to achieve. Arthur Miller was a great playwright and Death Of A Salesman is a great