Death Of A Salesman Analysis

Arthur Miller is a famous author who has the capability to attract the peculiar feelings of every reader who enjoys reading plays and wishes to feel the author’s illustration power. The play Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller in the Aristotelian sense is a tragedy based off of pity and fear. The play is a critique of the capitalist American dream. It is commonly known as one of the first tragedies of Modern American society. Death of a Salesman is based on the foundations, values and moral principles of the American society by applying the American Dream. Miller portray around the play Willy Loman as a tragic hero. He is a common person and has a small family. Miller throughout the play characterizes Willy and his family to show the tragic mishaps and imperfect devotion for that dream.

The main features of this tragedy tale that was observed by Aristotle were the emotions that were pitiful and full of fear. These emotions were characterized as symbols by Miller such as constantly complaining and fixing the car and freezer. He reflected these emotions throughout the drama and revealed it throughout the play. The relationship of Willy with all the characters in the play shows a strong sense of despair, sorrow and disillusion. This clings Willy to the version of the American Dream that attack and defends people in his life. At first Willy imagines that he makes sure that his son lives the best life according to this dream. However, as the play advances ahead, one begins to see that Willy’s treatment for Happy, Biff and all the other characters is just an expression to protect the capitalist progress philosophy. The play shows the feelings of anger sorrow and despair that comes all around from the idea that if Willy’s dream ...

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... shows the audience that Willy never accepted himself for who he is and be happy with what he had. For instance, Willy ignores Linda’s love and focus on the other women instead. Linda shows through the play that Willy never realized his own worth and he is immersed in the materialism and worldly gains.

To conclude, this way the classic tale of tragedy ended and it was made on the American dreams (Feillet 88). This shows that a common person can not always become hugely successful, materially or socially. It sometimes depends on who you know and what you do. The play conveys a series of emotions, nobility of the hero, and reversal of the fortune and organic unity. In the end, however Miller implies that Willy’s death was not essential because it was due to his disillusioned belied that in the empty promises of capitalism lied the real American dream of contentment.