Death of a Salesman Willy Loman is a tragic hero in the drama by Arthur Miller’s, Death of a Salesman. He has a problem differentiating reality from fantasy. No one has a perfect life; people deal with their personal conflicts differently. Some insist on ignoring the problem as long as possible, while some attack the problem directly. In Willy’s case, he deals with his life as a general failure, which leads to his …showed first 75 words of 856 total…

…showed last 75 words of 856 total…it best when he said to Willy, " When the hell are you going to grow up" (Act 2, pg 1353,ln 31). Willy never did and that is why he is such a tragic hero, with mind of a child and soul of a father he was certainly headed for impending doom. Bibliography Work Cited Miller, Arthur. "Death of a Salesman." The Compact Bedford Introduction To Literature. Ed Michael Meyer. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000 1313-1377.