Death of a Salesman – AO4 Connections

Carol Atherton argues that both Hardy’s novel and Miller’s play, for all their differences, share a common set of ideas about the tragedies in the lives of ordinary people and the way they are created by the forces of a hostile society. Emagazine, issue 86.

Analyses Miller’s play arguing that it’s just as much a tragedy as Hamlet or King Lear – and one particularly for our times. Emagazine, issue 70.

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Discusses the contested status of the play as a modern tragedy, looking at historic definitions of tragedy and the tragic elements in the play. Open this article. You will need your public library login details to access this article. See Rachel if you don’t have these.