The Presentation of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

The Presentation of Willy Lo macrocosm in Death of a Salesman by Arthur milling machine Willy Loman is presented as both a tragic hero and an unconscious dupe in Death of a Salesman. Death of a Salesman is very oft based upon the American Dream, and whether we are slaves or conquerors of this dream. This is an idea that the playwright Arthur miller has very passionately pursued both with Willys bear eyes, and through his interaction with the different characters in the play. Firstly, the definitions of a hero and a dupe very much influence the way that Willy is viewed by the audience. Miller has non used the play to suggest that Willy Loman is an ordinary hero, but more a tragic hero. A tragic hero, simply by definition agent that the reader already begins to take hold of Willy in a more sympathetic light. A tragic hero is somebody who can non forget his past, and so is undo by the consequences of his own actions. In order to picture Willy as a du pe, again one cannot think of a regular victim, but of an swinish victim. This would mean that Willy was completely unaware of his role as a victim in the play. It would also imply that Willy was not in control of his own fate. From the beginning of Death of a Salesman we see Willy playing the very put-upon role of the conformer. Near the end of the first scene, as he speaks to his sons in one of his flashbacks he says the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. This sounds very much like a natural business ideal, and one cannot help but feel at this full point that Willy is taking on ideas from other people ... ..., because he still thinks that he can solve Biffs problems with money. On the other hand, wrong answers do not, and should not disqualify a man from being a tragic hero. If we see tragic heroes as being those ruled by lust, ambition or jealousy, and fully respect these forces why not neurotic awareness? In some ways, dont we ourselves live by the rules of Willy Loman - that liked is very different to well-liked? every ordinary person is a potential watered down version of Willy. Arthur Miller is neither blaming this solely on society, nor is he presenting a pathetic creature who is the writer of his own misfortunes.BibliographyMiller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Literature An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Seventh Edition. X.J. Kennedy, and Dana Gioia. tender York Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1999