Tragic Aspects in Arthur Miller’s Plays

Abstract

In this research paper an attempt has been made to show ‘Tragic aspects in Arthur Miller’s plays’. Tragedy has always been a prominent genre in drama around the world. In fact, to the ancient Greeks, tragedy is a genre so significant that it is associated with religious practices and the religious concept of purification. Arthur Miller (1915-2005) is considered one of the foremost American playwrights of the twentieth century who wrote a remarkable series of highly regarded pieces that reveal profound insight, humanism and empathy that are the hallmarks of his great dramatic works. Miller has his own concept of tragedy as a modern playwright. He believes that tragedy may depict ordinary people in domestic surroundings instead of talking about a character from a high rank, a king or queen. Miller’s main concern lies in dramatizing the whole man as he is part of a family and as he is part of a society. This research thus aims to explore the development of the tragic hero between Aristotle and Miller.