“The underlying struggle is that of the individual attempting to gain his “rightful” position in his society” (Miller 1949). This quote represents Willy Loman and the millions of hard-working class of American men age and are over looked and under appreciated when they get too old to be valuable to their employers. Willy Loman does not meet the qualifications to be a tragic hero but he shares a common story with millions of people because in modern times the common man has similar emotional situations just like kings did who are tragic heroes in drama. Willy Loman is the hero of this play to me based off what author miller wrote in Tragedy and the Common Man “ I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character
