6.       Linda’s views relates to Miller’s ideas on tragedies in similar ways. Just like he says the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy as a king, Linda explains that “a small man can be just as exhausted as a great man”. Linda tells her boys how Willy has been trying to kill himself in the car as well as with the rubber pipe which is similar to Miller’s statement that the tragic feeling is evoked when a character will lay down his life to secure his dignity. Willy hasn’t his rock bottom yet and his suicidal attempts are placed strategically before he breaks free of his illusion, when he still thinks greatly of himself. When she mentions Willy tries to kill himself, it mirrors Miller’s view on how man’s destruction while trying to evaluate himself is what makes a true tragedy. We learn through Linda that Willy realizes he cannot be great and is ready to give up his life because he hasn’t and will never reach success. His attempt to free himself from his failure through suicide is why this story is a tragedy.