Part 1 of Essay
Arthur Miller’s tragedy is not simply detailing the failure of poor Willy Loman, a broken down salesman, but of middle-class America. Miller uses the Lomans as a vehicle to show precisely what can and does go wrong with the American Dream. Miller uses many characters to contrast the difference between success and fa ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... us that we should abandon the common business ethic, and run away to the west, however, the only successful people in the play are those who have followed it to the letter. In the end the play does not make a final judgment on America simply because Willy Loman cannot be viewed as tragic hero. Willy is a foolish and ineffectual man for which I can only feel pity. I cannot see Willy’s failure equate those of America. Within the play there is a lot of room for success and failure. Willy can only blame h ....