"I believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were." This is a quote from writer, Arthur Miller in his piece, "Tragedy of the Common Man." Throughout his text he expound on how a common man is just as likely to experience something fatal to him/her just as a man of power. Both have something to sacrifice but as for a king there is a little bit more to lose. Miller states that the tragedies are archaic and it has been implied that it "fit only for the very highly placed, the kings or the kingly ." Of course he does not agree with the false conclusion of the written tragedies before and that is why he came up with the tragedy of a common man entitled, "Death of a Salesman." So in all, I do agree with Miller's view that tragedies can happen to the common man and the man of power.
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