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This 8 page paper discusses Arthur Miller's character, Willy, from the play: Death of a Salesman and argues that Willy fits the description of the tragic hero as defined by classic Greek structures and definitions. Examples given from text and cited. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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reality of loss and wounded pride are no less real for the dime a dozen blue collar worker than it is for the white collared worker, Miller seems to say.
Regardless, of how one works lifes mysteries all out, Miller has one overall theme: know who you are. And to that end, Willy Loman becomes the tragic hero which carries
home this message. Everyone wants to be liked, to be popular. It can be said to be part of the human condition. But, it can also be said, that
Willy Loman, the sixty something traveling salesman hero from Millers play, wants this to the exclusion of reality. At the beginning of the play it becomes apparent that Willy is
in trouble. Suffering from what could only be a mid-life assessment of his life, he is trying to decide where his life went wrong and why he isnt where he
thought he would be at this point in his life. What is a hero? Is he a knight in shining armor? Was she strong in the face of great danger?
Or is the definition of a hero something more mundane which can be summarized by a simple formula and applied to nearly every hero which exists? The answer to this
may very well lie in the study of some of the most earliest of heroes from the texts of Homer and Plato. By far one of the most enduring plays
in history, Oedipus Rex has passed the test of time by outlasting many plays not half its age. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to find the killer
and cure his land and his people from this plague. Thus, a characteristic of the hero could be said to be an intrinsic sense of justice. Death of a Salesman
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