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The definition given (that the audience needs to have mixed feelings about the destruction of a human being for a play to be a tragedy) means that to establish ‘Death of A Salesman’ as a tragedy, we must be able to give evidence that not only is the audience made to feel sadness at Willy Loman’s demise, but also that they are made to feel that some measure of justice has been exacted on him for his behaviour both past and present. As this is the case I will first examine the reasons why the audience feels sadness at the misfortunes which befall Willy, and then go on to see why it is that the audience is also left to feel that Willy deserves all of the punishment which fate hands him throughout, and especially towards the end, of the play.

It is obvious right the way through ‘Death of A Salesman’ that Willy Loman’s life is bad, and that it is getting worse, despite Willy’s dreams and aspirations. His first major problem is with his job.......

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