Реферат: Death Of A Salesman Vs Hamlet

appearance to his son Biff, though his wife never found out. Biff later went on to

become a drifter of sorts, dabbling in one low-paying profession after another until

finally settling on a farm.

After Willy was fired, for being too old, too inept or both, supposedly, Willy

pretends he’s still working and doesn’t let his wife in on the bad news. Too stubborn to

accept a job from his next-door neighbour, Willy is forced to lie to his family.

Through visions of his older brother Ben, coupled with the degradation of his

mind, Willy eventually commits suicide to ensure his son Biff’s career through the Life

Insurance policy. Willy dies an empty, shallow death.

Hamlet and Willy are both considered tragic. The Classical Tragedy’s definition

was tweaked with to make it a more general encompassor. A common man’s injured

sense of dignity, coupled with forces 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.