Who Is Willy Loman A Tragic Hero
Death of a Salemsman: Essay draft
ANALYZE THE ROLE OF WILLY LOMAN AS A TRAGIC HERO.
Death of a Salesman is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Brooklyn and other various places in America, during the 1940's. Willy Loman is the main character in the play, he attempts to obtain the full luxury of the American dream. Willy does not achieve this goal. Willy Loman was once a very successful man and well respected. Even though he had a temper as hot as fire and his pride as though as nails. Willy had a supportive wife that followed his orders attentively, he was a proud father of his two handsome sons, one whom was a zestful football player and Willy himself had well paid job, yet despite his early successes he loses it all. Throughout the play, Willy Loman's actions proves him to be a modern tragic hero. Loman was a victim of society changes, suffered from the guilt of his betrayal and made sacrifices for the betterment of his family.
Overall Willy Loman was a commendable man, but Willy had great difficulty transitioning with society. He was a man that was against …show more content…
Betrayal was another. Willy was a man with a lot of secrets one of the most prominent secrets, was his affair on his wife. There was no reason for Willy to be unhappy with his wife but still he never treated her, as a man of the "American Dream" should have. Stockings were very expensive and poor Linda his wife was always mending hers, not knowing that Willy had been buying his mistress stockings. As Willy grew older flashbacks of him cheating on Linda would occur in his thoughts. Willy had realized how he had mistreated his wife and while she was mending her stockings he says to her , "Will you stop mending stockings? At least while I'm in the house. It gets me nervous. I can't tell you . Please " (Miller, 75) . Willy is more angry at himself then Linda, the guilt is torturing him
ANALYZE THE ROLE OF WILLY LOMAN AS A TRAGIC HERO.
Death of a Salesman is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller. The play takes place in Brooklyn and other various places in America, during the 1940's. Willy Loman is the main character in the play, he attempts to obtain the full luxury of the American dream. Willy does not achieve this goal. Willy Loman was once a very successful man and well respected. Even though he had a temper as hot as fire and his pride as though as nails. Willy had a supportive wife that followed his orders attentively, he was a proud father of his two handsome sons, one whom was a zestful football player and Willy himself had well paid job, yet despite his early successes he loses it all. Throughout the play, Willy Loman's actions proves him to be a modern tragic hero. Loman was a victim of society changes, suffered from the guilt of his betrayal and made sacrifices for the betterment of his family.
Overall Willy Loman was a commendable man, but Willy had great difficulty transitioning with society. He was a man that was against …show more content…
Betrayal was another. Willy was a man with a lot of secrets one of the most prominent secrets, was his affair on his wife. There was no reason for Willy to be unhappy with his wife but still he never treated her, as a man of the "American Dream" should have. Stockings were very expensive and poor Linda his wife was always mending hers, not knowing that Willy had been buying his mistress stockings. As Willy grew older flashbacks of him cheating on Linda would occur in his thoughts. Willy had realized how he had mistreated his wife and while she was mending her stockings he says to her , "Will you stop mending stockings? At least while I'm in the house. It gets me nervous. I can't tell you . Please " (Miller, 75) . Willy is more angry at himself then Linda, the guilt is torturing him