Death Of A Salesman vs. Hamlet

        Willy Loman and Hamlet, two characters so alike, though different. Both are perfect examples of tragedy in literature, though for separate reasons and by distinct methods. The definition of a tragedy, in a nutshell, states that for a character to be considered tragic, he/she must be of high moral estate, fall to a level of catastrophe, induce sympathy and horror in the audience, and usually die, and in doing so, re-establish order in the …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…beyond his control and/or ability to comprehend, displace him from his perceived place, causing the audience to recognize such and prepare itself for the inevitable finale in which the hopelessness and defeat are more poignant than the actual death.         Willy and Hamlet both fell from grace, both commited morally bankrupt acts and evetually died, giving way to a re-establishment of order. Tragic men, for different reasons, bound together through their demeanor and their deaths.