The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – Linda

Ms. Woods ENG 252 randomness 400 October 29, 2012 Linda A Pillar of Strength and Balance In the finale of a Sales piece by Arthur Miller My question for discussion is what I retrieve of Linda, the wife of Willie Lohman in the play uk/expressionism-and-realism-in-death-of-a-salesman/The Death of a Salesman. This is my response. I tint that Linda is the hardest character in the play. Every unity around her has major issues, her sons and her husband. point in the reflections of the past her br separate-in-law had his issues greed beingness one of them. She represents stability, goodness and counterweight in this point.She tolerate be looked at as the foundation of this family, like most real women. This story takes place in the 1940s when the environment or focus of living was the woman stayed home and tended to the family and the husband was the provider. And we also have a male dominated, sort of male chauvinist society at that time. So being that the man was the prov ider, a man had a sense of being the King of his home. Because of this general idea, it reduced the importance or view of women and their roles. means a womans role was less than important because the man was King.Therefore, we see the questionable, forceful and harsh tones that Willie uses sometimes when speaking to Linda which can be interpreted or misinterpreted in different delegacys. And when this happens we see Linda corroborate trim back or just close her m breakh. But it also should be tell that Willie is losing everything around him, at home he feels that is the only place he can control what is going on. Then we see Willies mania coming to a serious level of illness. This is not mentioned in the story exclusively we see something wrong with Willies mental state.By the evidence presumptuousness in the story, we can conclude many things guilt, dementia, pressure and stress or just getting old and not wanting to depend it. We be not given a reason for this deteriat ion. But it is unadorned by the reflections Willie has and how he is stuck in the past and/or stuck in a illusion that something very thick-skulled is going on. This story is very male dominated with the symbolic theme of women are just extras. We perceive this thru Willy Jr and Biff. They preceptort seem to respect women either. Thru out the story no one seems to listen to her, her sons and neither Willie her husband.Linda is a faithful wife, playing her role. She stands and supports her husband. You never hear her say a bad word near her husband other than him being sick. She knows whats wrong but I dont think she knows how to handle it. At a time when medic all toldy no one really knew about mental illness, I think she viewed it as stress driven. Willis has been reduced at his job, he doesnt want to face hes getting old and his sons not being creative are just a few issues that contribute to the unrest in this household.She tries to explain to her sons what is going on bu t the fact that Willie probably was locomotion salesmen for a long time and has been away so much that he has no real relationship with his sons. Therefore they feel no pity for him, especially Willy Jr. who lost faith in his catch a long time ago. So part of them being chaffy and non productive can be contributed to not having their father around charm they were growing up. So they do not have any bond to him or what is going on with him nor does Willie Jr. care because of what he notice when his father was having an affair.They only have attachment to their mother, Linda. She loves her boys regardless and her husband but she feels her duty first is to her husband. We also conclude that Linda does not know about the affair Willie had nor does she know that Willy Jr. knew about it. All she knows is the relationship amidst big Willie and junior Willy has been severely altered. Clinging to the suspicion that Willie (husband) is suffering from mental worsening she wants to do wh atever it takes to let him just grow old gracefully and peacefully, even if it means turning her back on her children.This is not to be taken as rejection or meanness because they are grown and are not contributing anything positive to the situation or conditions that are evolving. That is evident when they leave Willie in the bathroom at the restaurant and he suffers a severe breakdown and they dont even come back to check on him. I feel that when she unloaded on her sons and cushy all the truths that were said is her finally being fed up with all the confusion going on around her. She is fighting to stay beardown(prenominal), template and stay dedicated to her husband while moving all negatives out of the way.That is a sign of strength and dedication. This is symbolic of how she is truly the foundation and the balance of this family. Willie is losing control of everything, his job, his mind, his finance, his pride, his youth, etc. and Linda sees all of this. Thus his harsh trea tment of her I do not feel is meant to hurt her. Remember a womans value in this era is reduced so she has no voice, no say and she abides by that. But in todays time we would consider that disrespectful. I am considering the era of this story.But Linda stays strong and is always positive. Willie does realize he loves his wife and she loves him because at the end in the lead he leaves to commit suicide he sends her to bed because he knows she would exertion to stop him from going out. And he knows she would do that out of love for him. Even though in his mind he sees this as a way of taking care of her and his sons. So in conclusion, the question remains do I believe that Linda was a dishrag? No I do not. Linda was the epitimy of a good wife, supportive, grounded, sacrificial and wise.She knew when to back down and when to be strong and speak out. She held Willie together as long as she could, until it was out of her hands. As she stated at his grave site, she truly did not unders tand how deep Willies issues really were. Thru all the symbolism of this story, good and bad (the sons), lavish and poor (the environment and Willies associates), young and old (his reflections back to his younger days) Linda was the central figure in this story representing neutrality, balance and humbleness.