Death of a Salesman and Tragic Hero Storyboard
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
Death of a Salesman is a play written and set during 1949. Arthur Miller used his play to represent a social drama and tragedy embodying the unattainable and elusive American Dream. His protagonist, Willy Loman, is a salesman whose disillusionment ends with his suicide.
Storyboard Description
Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero in Death of a Salesman.
Storyboard Text
- HAMARTIA
- HUBRIS
- PERIPETEIA
- Willy refuses to accept that success is built by hard work and determination
- ANAGNORISIS
- Willy is too proud to take a job from his neighbor, but commits suicide to ensure his family has the financial stability that he couldn't provide.
- NEMESIS
- Willy refers to others around him who are more successful as having luck or charisma. He talks about how he regrets not going with his brother to Africa, which made him rich.
- CATHARSIS
- After he is fired, Willy realizes he will never succeed in business, and that, despite his best efforts, his son's have not achieved the ambitions he held for them.
- What is done is done, what will be will be. Willy is too old to change and cannot change the past.
- The audience is left with a feeling of pity for Lohman’s desperate suicide, and fear that they too may be living lives where their dreams will never be realized.
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