The article “Tragedy and the Common Man” by Arthur Miller was probably not written with me in mind. What I mean by that is, if the author were writing this for me, he would have dumbed down some of the more complex sentences because, not going to lie, I kind of couldn’t comprehend some of them. For example I think I read lines 17-21 about ten times before getting a small, and probably wrong, understanding of them. What I could get out of his article though, was about how tragedy applies to anyone and everyone, no matter the social status. Miller says tragedy is so relatable because it’s so personal, and reveals a flaw in the character that a person can connect to. In the end of Miller’s article, he brought up optimism in tragedy, which is something I had never really thought of. I always thought of tragedy as being sad and yes, the author agrees with, but also say that in a way, tragedies show optimism in how the character “automatically demonstrates the indestructible will of a man to achieve his humanity.” The author brings up pathos being what the audience connects with most. A fight the character takes, that will definitely not be won, but is fought anyway, is the optimism that Miller is talking about. That argument actually makes a lot of sense to me, and I think it’s pretty cool.
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