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Death of a Salesman: Tragedy of the Common Man
Arthur Miller's Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York, who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment, Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time, Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him, and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends meet. Willy eventually makes the ultimate sacrifice of his life to avoid admitting his inability to provide for his family. In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller parodies the classic tragic hero with his character Willy Loman. Willy is "a little man succumbing to his environment, rather than a great man destroyed through his greatness" (Muller 29). This story, centered on Miller's tragic hero, is a parody of classic tragedies. Using all of the components of Willy Loman's life and......

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