Arthur’s Pluralistic Writing in Death of a Salesman and The Crucible Aristotle once stated that a tragedy in simply “a piece of writing that inspires both pity and fear in the mind of the audience”(Aristotle). Pity and feat is sometimes accomplished by combining the element of fate or the action of free will to a character within the play. According to Joseph Wood Krutch, Arthur Miller is a pluralistic writer; hence both Death …showed first 75 words of 899 total…

…showed last 75 words of 899 total…they both fell victim and ultimately fell in consequence. Krutch states that it was “not a demonstration of the workings of social determinism, but as a study of the effects of moral weakness and irresponsibility”(Krutch). Both Willy and John centered their lives on their weaknesses instead of looking for the positives. They both wanted to fit in with society and in doing so fell “victim of society, but…also a victim of himself”(Krutch).