The Role Of Tragedy In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

"Death of a Salesman" is a description of a modern tragic hero Willy, who has more than thirty years’ selling experience, blind estimates his ability; fantasy through merchandising to gain fame and not the reality of a better future. The reason for its destruction was unaware, until his death thought will be able to achieve success. Willy did not succeed, so it can only destruction. Willie always thought that he should be successful, but he did not understand the society and himself. He also failed to achieve his own dream turn to the next generation, which not only increase their mental burden and did not indicate a successful way, but also gave them a series of misleading and bad influence. Ultimately, Willy committed suicide ... for death benefit insurance compensation to his family.
This play through the two generations of people’s failure to denial of everyone can success in the “American Dream”. It should be said that Willy's real tragedy is not only in his suicide, but in his pursuit of a lifetime of his dream, and his attitude towards his life. The destruction of the impoverished person reflects the conflict between dream and reality: between the conflict of a humble small characters and the brilliant "American Dream". This …show more content…
According to “Aristotle on the nature of tragedy:”, “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and possessing magnitude...in the mode of action; not narrated; and effecting pity and fear [what we call catharsis] of such emotions. The imitation of the action is the plot…. the end or purpose is the most important thing of all...it is whole, [having] a beginning, middle and end.” However, in “Death of a Salesman,” Miller used the flashback and imagined dialogue which gave the actors and the audiences challenged. At the same time, he also adopted some time travel practices, past and present, fantasy and reality blend