In “Tragedy and the Common Men,” Arthur Miller proposes a very strong idea which states that a common man has more heroic abilities than a man of stature. A character such as a king would not make a good hero for a story. The trait which Miller states must be a common man. A reader must, as the author states, be able to identify a flaw which arises in a hero. In other words, the hero must have a flaw. Being flawless is not an acceptable trait when considering Miller’s ideal hero. In the modern day, there are very few tragedies that are written because of lack of heroic figures. But this contradicts what was said above because the author believes that the common man is best suited for the role of a hero. The common man, in Miller’s opinion,
