Arthur Miller once said: "Tragedy requires a . . . balance between what is possible and

what is impossible. And it is curious, although edifying, that the plays we revere, century

after century, are the tragedies. In them, and in them alone, lies the belief --- optimistic, if

you will --- in the perfectibility of man. It is time, I think, that we who are without kings

took up this bright thread of our history and followed it to the only place it can possibly

lead in our time --- the heart and spirit of the average man." In Miller's play Death of a

Salesman the main character Willy Loman refuses to believe that he is an average man,

this is proved by the way he views his job, a conversation with his brother Ben, and a

conversation between his friend Charley.

At the beginning of the play we learn that Willy was driving to go make a sale and

he began to daydream and he had to stop, turn around and go home. His daydreaming is a

sign that he's tired of constantly moving around and he is ready to retire, but in his own

mind he was just tired and he tells his wife, Linda, how everything is good. His wife tells

him that "There's no reason why you can't work in Ne

(1515) Then Willy begins to yell at Howard for thinking that he isn't a good salesman

way, Now what do you say?" Willy- "I --- I just can't work for you Charley." Charley-

This has Willy asking is he can't have the job because he doesn't sell as much

that Willy is not the salesman he was in the past. Willy then explains to Howard that he

better job and he was told he wasn't good enough and he got fired.

again, did you?" Willy- "Oh, no. No . . ." (1513) This part of the conversation has

has been jealous of Charley his whole life because Charley is everything he thinks he is

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