Does death of a salesman qualify as good drama

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Critical Perspective Writing just after Miller's death in 2005, playwright David Mamet notes that at the end of Death of a Salesman, Miller has offered no solution to Willy's problems but instead "has reconciled us to the notion that there is no solution-that it is the human lot to try and fail, and that no one is immune from self-deception." Mamet goes on to explain the value of Miller's plays by comparing "bad drama" and "good drama": Bad drama reinforces our prejudices. It informs us of what we knew when we came into the theater. ... The good drama survives because it appeals not to the fashion of the moment, but to the problem* both universal and eternal, as they are insoluble. To find beauty in the sad, hope in the midst of loss, and dignity in failure is great poetic art. According to Mamet's criteria, does Death of a Salesman qualify as "good drama"? Do you think it is great drama?

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