In the play Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman has several characteristics of a tragic hero. Willy reacts to characters in the present, while simultaneously responding to different characters and different situations in the past. The result is Willy's common behavior: contradictory, somewhat angry, and often obsessive. Willy Loman is a supporter of the American dream and believes anyone can go from rags to riches. He has been able to make a living as a salesman for the past 35 years, but recently no one really tries to get in contact with him, his job is at a dead end, and he is very mentally unstable. His most noticeable characteristic is his pride, which holds him back from many opportunities. The definition of a tragic hero is a virtuous
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It all started when Willy stated “Gee Whiz! That's really something. I'm gonna knock Howard for a loop,kid” (Miller 74) he attempted to get a raise and get promoted to a office job. When he first bought his new house with his new wife, it represented stability. He was a great salesman and bringing home huge profits, he had a dream of starting his own business one day. However, many years later, he has 2 sons and his success in his job has been decreasing. He eventually got fired, his sons careers are not going well, he has been getting money from his neighbor and lying to his wife saying that it’s his commision. He wants this to all end and he starts thinking about committing suicide so that his family can collect the insurance money. In the end of all this, his reversal fate.
Some may argue that Willy is a failure rather than a tragic hero. People may think he is not heroic and is just a insecure unstable man, however he fits all positions of a tragic hero because he does not cause the failure, he did not choose to get fired and his sons career to fail. He does have a hubris that caused him to do many of the actions that he did The story Death of a Salesman is a play written by Arthur Miller that goes through a troubled salesman willy loman who encounters many problems. He has many details of a tragic hero, his most noticeable ones are his Hubris, which is his excessive pride, and his reversal of fate. Many
It all started when Willy stated “Gee Whiz! That's really something. I'm gonna knock Howard for a loop,kid” (Miller 74) he attempted to get a raise and get promoted to a office job. When he first bought his new house with his new wife, it represented stability. He was a great salesman and bringing home huge profits, he had a dream of starting his own business one day. However, many years later, he has 2 sons and his success in his job has been decreasing. He eventually got fired, his sons careers are not going well, he has been getting money from his neighbor and lying to his wife saying that it’s his commision. He wants this to all end and he starts thinking about committing suicide so that his family can collect the insurance money. In the end of all this, his reversal fate.
Some may argue that Willy is a failure rather than a tragic hero. People may think he is not heroic and is just a insecure unstable man, however he fits all positions of a tragic hero because he does not cause the failure, he did not choose to get fired and his sons career to fail. He does have a hubris that caused him to do many of the actions that he did The story Death of a Salesman is a play written by Arthur Miller that goes through a troubled salesman willy loman who encounters many problems. He has many details of a tragic hero, his most noticeable ones are his Hubris, which is his excessive pride, and his reversal of fate. Many