Modern domestic tragedies began between the end of the 19th century and feature ordinary people as heroes/anti-heroes, unlike Greek tragedies in which the protagonist was of high status or noble. birth. Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" is a classic example of this and features the anti-hero Willy showing the audience how his perfect family lifestyle has fallen apart, contributing to the disorder of his world which is increasing at as his mind slowly deteriorates. playing Willy strives to live the American dream; have a better, richer and happier life. He is obsessed with materialism and believes that acquiring possessions will make him and his family happy. When Linda tries to mend her stockings, Willy tells her, "I don't want you to mend stockings in this house."¹ This shows how hard he strives to bring the American dream home and how much he wants the rest of the family to believe in his dreams as well. It also shows how guilty and remorseful he feels about his affair with "the woman" to whom he gave new pairs of stockings as a gift that he should have kept for his ever faithful wife. the house. Throughout the play, the audience learns how much Willy cares about defending his pride and morals. He teaches Biff and Happy that it is charisma and not intelligence that will make them successful. In his flashbacks, he tells them that "the man who emerges in the business world, the man who arouses personal interest, is the man who advances"² and despises Bernard who gets good grades . By being a salesman, he believed he was appreciated and valued in society and he devoted his life to it. As a result, when Howard fires him from the company, his pride is ruined and he feels like he has let his family down "(a...... middle of paper...... men of business will be there from all over the world). country and in this way, he will be able to prove to Biff and his family that he was a great man of whom one could be proud "I am known... and he will see it with his own eyes once and for all"¹³. However, no one other than his family and his next-door neighbors, Charley, who Willy described as his "only friend", and Bernard, arrive and Biff and Happy see that Willy has taken the cowardly route like Ben had suggested it. Willy's life was a lie as Linda says "there's more to him on that stoop than all the sales he ever made"¹⁴ Even though all of these points are evident in his funeral, the tragedy is also presented in the makes Happy decide to take over Willy's. sales job despite Willy's despair. Happy is desperate to help Willy like he never allowed him to do in his life since his attention was focused on Biff..