Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

Prompt: IS DEATH OF A SALESMAN A “TRA-GEDY?” CAN TRAGEDY EXIST TODAY? SUP-PORT YOUR VIEWS WITH AN ANALYSIS OF WILLY LOMAN, AND WITH THE DEFINITION AND CONDI-TIONS OF “TRAGEDY.”
Background:
ARTHUR MILLER’S DEATH OF A SALESMAN IS OFTEN CONSIDERED A “MODERN TRAGEDY.” HOWEVER, SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT TRUE TRAGEDY CAN NO LONGER EXIST IN OUR WORLD.

Must include discussion about:
• Use specific quotes from the play to support your answer.
• Many quotes! (Must include more than four nice .)
• Quotes only from Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller.
• Stay within guidelines set forth by teacher, see attachment “Rules”.
• Definition of tragedy according to Aristotle’s poetics
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• Does this play fulfill the requirements of a tragedy?
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• What are some conditions of a tragedy?
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• Does Death of a Salesman fulfill these conditions?
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• What is a modern tragedy? Does this apply to Death of a Salesman?
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• Please write the Introduction (including hook, thesis, etc.), then separate body paragraphs

• Must include fundamental writing outline:

• Hook
• Thesis
• Topic sentences
• Intro, body and conclusion paragraphs