Arthur Miller, Tragedy and the Common Man
Read Tragedy and the Common Man and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. According to Miller, many people today think tragedy is archaic, appropriate only for
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2. Miller writes that a tragic character is one who “is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing.” To what “one thing” is Miller referring?
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3. The essay discusses a tragic character’s “inherent unwillingness to remain passive in the face of . . . challenges to his dignity.” What is another term for this characteristic?
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4. The author writes, “The quality in [tragic] plays that [shakes] us . . . derives from the underlying fear of
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5. Miller claims that tragedy implies
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