We know that in literature, tragedy is one of the most popular genres. It always combines a story that talks about human suffering with a certain sense of audience fulfillment. The roots of tragedy are linked to ancient Greece. A Greek tragedy is a sad story, which depicts a character with a tragic flaw leading to their downfall. Additionally, in traditional tragedy, the main character loses high authority and is often predetermined by fate, while the audience experiences catharsis (Bloom 2). Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman is considered a tragedy because this literary work exhibits some of the main characteristics of the tragedy genre. In this play, the main character Willy Loman possesses traits and behaviors that lead to his downfall, and the audience experiences catharsis. Willy Loman, as a true tragic hero, makes the decision to commit suicide due to his family's serious financial problems (Phelps, 79). This piece has already been criticized by a number of literary critics who have expressed different opinions on the plot of the book. The main objective of this article is to critically evaluate the play Death of a Salesman written by the famous American writer Arthur Miller, paying particular attention to the characteristics of the play as a tragedy. In the play Death of a Salesman, the author investigates humans. nature and depicts its main character as a person whose dissatisfaction with his own life leads to his tragic end. The plot of this literary work is rather simple. The play consists of two acts. In the first act, Willy Loman, the main character of Miller's play, returns from New York. It is discovered that his goal was to get to Boston, but he was unable to achieve this goal and returned home. The author of the play states that Willy's personal discontent is the result of the tension in the interpersonal relationships between him, his wife Linda, and their two sons Biff and Happy. The first act of the play focuses on issues such as Willy Loman's emotional instability due to his personal dissatisfaction, Biff's frustration, and the family's financial problems. Additionally, the author tells his story in such a way that Willy's emotional instability leads to tension in the relationship between Willy and Biff, who is also unhappy because of his professional failure. Willy says, “The man knew what he wanted and he went for it!” He went into the jungle and came out, at twenty-one, and he is rich! » (Miller 31).