I believe that the “psychiatric” approach to the play will hurt us more than help with our understanding of tragedy. If we look at all the other protagonists in other plays, we could all technically say that they all have a mental illness and stop looking for any other possible deeper meanings. This approach can help us understand why Willy talks to imaginary people, however this is a lazy approach to understanding about the story and other problems and characters in the story like Biff. Although I don’t think that a diagnosis will solve all the problems in the story, I think it will at least alleviate the issues. If Willy really did have depression and was diagnosed, he can at least get the medication for it. However that just leads into
