Is Willy Loman A Tragic Hero

Arthur Miller once said, “The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.” Willy Loman fails to recognize the love his family has for him. Although the author Arthur Miller states Willy Loman is a tragic hero. Willy Loman is a failure because he's a bad father.
Willy Loman is an average businessman who attempts to hide his averageness and failures behind hallucinations as he strives to be successful. Willy is the father of Biff and Happy. Willy is desperately wants Biff to be successful, but Willy takes it into his own hands. Willy and his wife Linda have a conversation about their oldest child Biff. He just got home because he doesn’t know what to do with his life. Willy criticizes Biff saying that he's lazy and he will never make money on a farm. Instead of Biff taking care of his own business and finding his own job, Willy takes a stand and tells Linda that he's

Wily doesn't understand that his sons don't want to be businessmen, they just want to work on a farm. He shouldn't be the one picking his sons’ career. He should be motivating and supporting his sons’ choice. At the end of the novel Willy Loman commits suicide, he crashes his car. When Willy kills himself he isn't thinking about his family, he's just think about himself . If Willy was a good father he won't kill himself because he knows that his wife needs help to support their children and be there when they need them. Willy leaves his family in sadness and hardship. “Biff lifts her to her feet and moves her out up right with her in his arms. Linda sobs quietly. Bernard and Charley come together and follow them, followed by Happy. Only the music of the flute on the darkening stage as over the house the hard towers of the apartment buildings rise into sharp focus, and The curtain falls” (Miller,