Death of a Salesman a tragedy? How do you know?

The death of the salesman is tragedy. This is known as it meets the criteria for a tragedy as Willy Loman,
is a misguided hero. The salesman tries to fulfill something, which he thinks is right for him. However,
his achievements or his actions are responsible for causing pain and hardships for himself and others
connected to him. Thus, he can be considered as a tragic hero, also referred to as an antihero, as the
salesman is responsible for his own downfall because of the existent internal flaw. His ideas of
achievement of perfection are frustrated because of his incapacity to face his weakness, cope-up his his
limitation, and face his actual self. Thus, the play comes under the category of a tragedy.

Does Willy have a tragic flaw? What is it? How does it destroy his life?

Indeed, there is a tragic flaw. Here, the salesman Willy did not crash the car and met the fate due to
some external reason. Furthermore, he is not hit by other driver; neither is he hit by the bolt of
lightning. The reason is that there is this Willy's own drive to get the external success. There is
recognition of his inabilities to face the truth about himself and the situation that leads to his final
decision to take his own life. The salesman was a victim to his own inner illusion as it becomes sort of
overcrowded by exterior realities, something similar to what happens to his fragile house, which also
gets overcrowded by the high rise apartment buildings.