Is Willy Loman a average man? Arthur Miller once said: “Tragedy requires a . . . balance between what is possible and what is impossible. And it is curious, although edifying, that the plays we revere, century after century, are the tragedies. In them, and in them alone, lies the belief --- optimistic, if you will --- in the perfectibility of man. It is time, I think, that we who are without kings took up this bright thread …showed first 75 words of 1455 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1455 total…t, and if he realized this he may have been able to turn his life around and not commit suicide, thinking that this was the only way. But all he had to do was realize who he really was and swallow his pride and take the job from Charley or not constantly lie to his wife about how well things are at work, and had he done this his life could have been completely different