To what extent does Author Miller's character 'Willy Loman' conform to the conventions of a tragic hero? Discuss with reference to the play "Death Of A Salesman"

... To what extent does Author Miller's character 'Willy Loman' conform to the conventions of a tragic hero? Discuss with reference to the play "Death Of A Salesman" Author Miller is the author of this play (Death of a Salesman) and he has had a difficult life just like Willy Loman. He was born in New York in 1915 and his Austrian father had come to America, "the land of opportunity", where he had made a prosperous living as a clothing manufacturer. Miller could not go to university like he wanted as after the stock market crashed in 1929 Miller's family business was ruined and there was no money to send Miller to university. He paid his own way to university by having different jobs, when at university he studied economics, history and, rather later, journalism and play-writing. Author Miller's most successful plays were; All my sons (1947), Death of a salesman (1949),

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