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Essay / Analysis of Death of a Salesman - 842
Arthur Miller is a famous author who has the ability to attract the special feelings of any reader who loves reading plays and wants to feel the illustrative power of the author. The play Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller in the Aristotelian sense is a tragedy based on pity and fear. The play is a critique of the American capitalist dream. It is commonly known as one of the first tragedies of modern American society. Death of a Salesman builds on the foundations, values and moral principles of American society by applying the American dream. Miller describes Willy Loman throughout the play as a tragic hero. He is an ordinary person and has a small family. Miller throughout the play characterizes Willy and his family to show the tragic accidents and flawed devotion to this dream. The main characteristics of this tragic tale observed by Aristotle were the pitiful and fear-filled emotions. These emotions were characterized by symbols by Miller, such as constantly complaining and fixing the car and freezer. He reflected these emotions throughout the drama and revealed them throughout the play. Willy's relationship with all the characters in the play shows a strong sense of despair, heartbreak, and disillusionment. This hooks Willy to the version of the American dream that attacks and defends the people in his life. At first, Willy imagines that he is ensuring that his son lives the best life according to this dream. However, as the play progresses, we begin to see that Willy's treatment of Happy, Biff, and all the other characters is merely an expression intended to protect the philosophy of capitalist progress. The play shows the feelings of anger, grief and despair that arise from the idea that if Willy's dream... middle of paper... shows the audience that Willy never accepted himself as he is 'he is and that he is. happy with what he had. For example, Willy ignores Linda's love and instead focuses on other women. Linda shows through the play that Willy has never realized his own worth and is immersed in materialism and worldly gains. To conclude, thus ended the classic story of tragedy and it was fulfilled on American dreams (Feillet 88). This shows that an ordinary person cannot always be hugely successful, materially or socially. Sometimes it depends on who you know and what you do. The play conveys a series of emotions, the nobility of the hero, the reversal of fortune and organic unity. Ultimately, however, Miller implies that Willy's death was not essential because it was due to his disillusioned disappointment that in the empty promises of capitalism lay the true American dream of contentment..