Death of a Salesman: An Ameri

Death of a Salesman: An American Tragedy A Greek tragedy is a story, which involves a character with a tragic flaw that leads to his or her downfall. In the American tragedy Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman displays many traits, which lead to his downfall. Willy Loman displays a great deal of stubbornness and a warped sense of success as well as a lack of parenting skills. Throughout the play, Willy …

…out the play as a major flaw in Willy. The warped sense of success Willy displays not only contributes to his failures but his children’s as well. Willy demonstrates his poor parenting and role model skills in a variety of scenes. Willy Loman’s story is one of tragedy and regret. It is a story of man vs. himself, in which man was not able to overcome the power which lie inside of him.