Resumo de Death Of A Salesman.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN: AS A TRAGEDY.
Aristotle defined tragedy ?as the imitation of an action that is serious, noble or important and also as having magnitude, complete in itself, in language, with pleasurable accessories in a dramatic and not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions?
Though not considered by many as falling under the specific category of tragedy in its purest form, The Death of a Salesman does conform to some of the specifics of tragedy. Miller himself has argued that ?to consider tragedy to be the upheavals belonging only to royalty would be a tragedy by itself for a common man?s travails is as much tragic if not more than the king?s trauma.
Miller?s hero is not any great king or ruler who falls to this catharsis like the great Greek or Shakespearean tragedy, which he felt was ?archaic?. He was more concerned with the little troubles of the common man, the littleness of the striving modern man. Miller explains that royal tragedy does not evoke sympathy as much as that of the common man?s did. Tragedy is the manifestation of truth. According to Bierman, Hart, and Johnson, Miller?s Death of a Salesman, is a tragedy set in our own times, played out in our own scene, by characters who speak in our own language and in our own accent, unlike tragedies of Sophocles, Lorca or even Shakespeare. Death of a Salesman is a tragedy of modern times. The world today recognizes Loman, Bliff and others, and finds then in the world around them, Miller creates our world in his play, the world of apartments, the world of joblessness, the world of day-to-day problems.
We identify this world of ours through someone similar to any one of us, facing similar problems. That Willy Loman seems like our next-door neighbor brings into the play a sense of universality. He could be found amongst the ?rickshaw pullers or the factory workers of India, the coal miners of England or any other country. Willy is everywhere, facing the same tragedy the world over.
Moreover Miller?s Death of a Salesman is a challenge to the American dream of ?the dream (in the dream of many the world over) as a land of prosperity, abundance, freedom and equality. That, Loman, who despite his hardwork and courage was unable to prove lhis worth, has falsified this dream of success. His worth is considered only if he is successful in earning revenues for his employers. Miller?s opinion voiced through his spokesperson Linda is critical of the American society at large. and the tragedies that befall the American common man.
The tragedy of Miller?s play is not in the ?death of the salesman? but in his individual psychological degradation.

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