Death of a Salesman3
In the play, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman, asympathetic salesman and despicable father who's "life is a casting off" has some traitsthat match Aristotle's views of a tragic hero. Willy's series of "ups and downs" is identicalto Aristole's views of proper tragic figure; a king with flaws. His faulty personality, thefinancial struggles, and his inabiltity are three substantital flaws that contribute to his Willy, an aging salesman who sells nothing, is abused by the buyers, andrepeatly borrows money from Charley to make ends meet. He is angered by the way hisboss, Howard fired him after working for thirty-four-years at the same company, "Youcan't eat the orange and throw the peel away--a man is not a piece of fruit!" (Miller, 61). Willy is battling for his life, fighting to sustain a sense of himself that makes it worthwhileliving at all in a world which seemingly offers less and less space for the individual.Now, If it is true that tragedy is the consquence of a man's total complusion to evaluatehimself justly, his destruction in the attempt posits a wrong or an evil in hisenvironment. And this is precisely the morality of trag
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman: Does Willy Loman's despicable character and a sympathetic traits matchAristole's views of a tragic hero? By Martin Galloway Jr 11/13/00 Block 4 Mrs. B) Late bills, no premium insurance, and going deep into debt. This lack ofinsight is strikingly similiar to traits of the tragic hero. Aristole's beliefs that a proper tragic figure is similiar with flaws of the maincharacter in Arthur Miller's book, "Death of a Salesman". Some of Willy's traits matchAristole's views of a tragic hero, a hero with specific qualities which contribute to his owndownfall. Finanical struggles A) He has a difficult time selling anything to earn money. Faulty personality A) Neglecting others include one closest to him; his wife, Linda and his two sons,Biff and Happy. He decides that it was hardfor him to travel to places of business and asks his boss, Howard, if he can work closer tohome in New York. Ironically, this trait matchsAristotle's views of a tragic hero; "His heroic qualities contribute to his downfall. C) He judges himself by standards rooted in social myths rather than humannecessities.
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