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This 3 page paper discusses Aristotle’s view of tragedy, tragic flaw, fate, luck, the concept of the tragic hero, irony and conflict in the plays “All my Sons” and “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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paper compares and contrasts two of Millers greatest works, Death of a Salesman and All My Sons. Discussion The prompt for this paper is a list of questions about these
plays in particular; but first, there is a general background question: what is Aristotles view of tragedy? The ancient Greeks were the creators of theater, and the institution they began
has come down to us very largely unchanged. Aristotle, in his Poetics, discussed what he felt tragedy should be. According to him, these stories have to concern some meaningful event
or process that is important to the protagonist; they end with the failure of the protagonist due to some inherent flaw or weakness in his character; and that failure rouses
pity and fear in the audience, which is discharged at the end through a resolution of the tension, called catharsis in Greek (McManus, 1999). Both of these plays are almost
perfect illustrations of these theories. Tragic Flaws: In both plays, the fathers (Joe Keller and Willy Loman) are overly devoted to their sons. In All My Sons Joe Kellers
fierce dedication to his family blinds him to whats right and wrong; in Death of a Salesman, Willy Lomans overweening pride in his sons leads him to raise them as
privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are. Their upbringing, which imbues them with a strong sense of entitlement, in effect makes
them unable to function in the real world. The "fate luck" element: For Aristotle, the fate of the character had to move the audience so that they could finally come
to a release of tension, catharsis. The element of luck, according to Aristotle, involves choice, which means it can only apply to humans: "What is not capable of action cannot
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