The American Dream's success can be found in many ways and be explained as they are. Death of a Salesman, which was written by Arthur Miller concentrates on the American Dream. The American Dream is an opportunity to achieve success and be great through working hard. Additionally, tragedy is "an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude (Aristotle 1), as stated in Aristotle. He was never a perfect man; he had many problems in his life. In addition to this, Death of a Salesman can be considered as a tragedy for many different reasons. Willy Loman, the protagonist, can perhaps be described as a truly tragic hero rather than a merely pathetic figure, according to the standards in Aristotle. Loman persuades himself
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Willy was a great salesman even though he was lost in the world of misunderstanding. However, he contradicted many issues is his life while being a father and husband. Considering this, with his hopeful dreams, not transpiring as planned, he could hardly manage the unpredicted changes in his life. Additionally, he hides his anxiety with extreme self-importance that leads to the many mistakes he caused throughout the play. For instance, in the film Death of a Salesman 1985, he begins to lose trust for his older son Biff when he figured out that his father was having a secret incident. Even when Biff sees the mistress Biff became upset with his father and Willy tried to explain to him, instead of taking the responsibility of the affair saying she came to shower because they were painting in her room. Biff was so angry that he screamed and threw his father to the floor, because of the incident that he just saw. Willy Loman did not know that Biff looked up to him just like he looked up to his brother, that is deceased. Then, he had prosperity to accuse other people of the bad things that happened to him not knowing he is in the wrong. According to Heims article, "Willy Loman learns by his tragic error a new way of understanding love" when he made a mistake and he got caught by his son, Biff. (Heims
Willy was a great salesman even though he was lost in the world of misunderstanding. However, he contradicted many issues is his life while being a father and husband. Considering this, with his hopeful dreams, not transpiring as planned, he could hardly manage the unpredicted changes in his life. Additionally, he hides his anxiety with extreme self-importance that leads to the many mistakes he caused throughout the play. For instance, in the film Death of a Salesman 1985, he begins to lose trust for his older son Biff when he figured out that his father was having a secret incident. Even when Biff sees the mistress Biff became upset with his father and Willy tried to explain to him, instead of taking the responsibility of the affair saying she came to shower because they were painting in her room. Biff was so angry that he screamed and threw his father to the floor, because of the incident that he just saw. Willy Loman did not know that Biff looked up to him just like he looked up to his brother, that is deceased. Then, he had prosperity to accuse other people of the bad things that happened to him not knowing he is in the wrong. According to Heims article, "Willy Loman learns by his tragic error a new way of understanding love" when he made a mistake and he got caught by his son, Biff. (Heims