Willy Lowman Tragic Hero

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Is Willy Lowman A Tragic Hero? A tragic hero is depicted as a character that undergoes a series of unfortunate events but throughout time, achieving a revelation or recognition. However, this is not the case for Willy Lowman. Willy, like many others, longed to achieve the ‘American Dream’ but he was so caught up in this idea that he had slowly been tearing apart not only himself, but his family as well. His youngest son Happy, forever living in the shadows of his older brother, believed every word Willy had spoke about the world. So set on being respected by his father, he was set to find this ‘American Dream’ for Willy. “He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him.” (Happy Lowman, pg. 139) Willy had successfully turned
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