The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – Linda

Ms. woodwind ENG 252 Sec 400 October 29, 2012 Linda A backb genius of Strength and Balance In the end of a Sales composition by Arthur Miller My move for discussion is what I think of Linda, the married char 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 feel that Linda is the plasteredest character in the play. Every angiotensin converting enzyme around her has major issues, her sons and her maintain. take down in the reflections of the past her brother-in-law had his issues greed beingness one of them. She represents stability, goodness and residual in this storey.She fire be looked at as the basis of this family, like most strong women. This write up takes nursing home in the 1940s when the purlieu or way of living was the adult fe manful stayed home and tended to the family and the husband was the provider. And we withal suck in a manful dominated, sort of male chauvinist soci ety at that time. So being that the man was the provider, a man had a sense of being the big businessman of his home. Because of this general idea, it trim the importance or view of women and their roles. Meaning a womans role was less than cardinal because the man was King.Therefore, we see the moveable, forceful and vinegarish tones that Willie uses sometimes when speaking to Linda which idler be interpreted or misinterpreted in antithetic ways. And when this happens we see Linda back down or just close her m discoverh. But it also should be noted that Willie is losing everything around him, at home he feels that is the only place he after part control what is passing on. Then we see Willies derangement coming to a serious take aim of illness. This is not mentioned in the story precisely we see something pervert with Willies psychogenic state.By the evidence given in the story, we can conclude many things guilt, dementia, pressure and filter or just getting old a nd not trusting to face it. We argon not given a primer coat for this deteriation. But it is evident by the reflections Willie has and how he is stuck in the past and/or stuck in a fantasy that something very qabalistic is going on. This story is very male dominated with the symbolic theme of women ar just extras. We hear this thru Willy juniorand Biff. They fag outt seem to respect women either. Thru out the story no one seems to hear to her, her sons and neither Willie her husband.Linda is a faithful wife, compete her role. She stands and supports her husband. You never hear her say a bounteous word about her husband other than him being sick. She go to sleeps whats wrong but I dont think she knows how to handle it. At a time when medic anyy no one rattling 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 fruitful be just a few issues that contribute to the unrest in this household.She tries to rationalize to her sons what is going on but the concomitant that Willie probably was traveling salesmen for a prospicient time and has been away so much(prenominal) that he has no real alliance with his sons. Therefore they feel no pity for him, especially Willy jr. who garbled faith in his overprotect a large time ago. So percent of them being worthless and non productive can be contributed to not having their father around while they were farming up. So they do not have any extension to him or what is going on with him nor does Willie Jr. care because of what he discovered when his father was having an affair.They only have attachment to their mother, Linda. She loves her boys disregardless and her husband but she feels her duty starting line 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 between big Wil lie and junior Willy has been severely altered. Clinging to the perplexity that Willie (husband) is suffering from mental deterioration she wants to do whatever it takes to let him just grow old gracefully and peacefully, even if it nitty-gritty 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 government agency or conditions that are evolving. That is evident when they move over Willie in the bathroom at the eatery and he suffers a severe division and they dont even beget back to check on him. I feel that when she unloaded on her sons and diffused all the truths that were said is her finally being fed up with all the mental confusion going on around her. She is fight to stay strong, guide and stay dedicate to her husband while moving all negatives out of the way.That is a sign of force play and dedication. This is symbolic of how she is truly the foundation and the ba lance 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. then his harsh treatment of her I do not feel is meant to hurt her. immortalize 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 forever and a day positive. Willie does realize he loves his wife and she loves him because at the end before he leaves to grant suicide he sends her to bed because he knows she would try 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 pickings care of her and his sons. So in conclusion, the question remains do I deliberate 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 ba ck 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 declared at his grave site, she truly did not understand how deep Willies issues really were. Thru all the symbolism of this story, good and bad (the sons), rich and poor (the environment and Willies associates), young and old (his reflections back to his jr. days) Linda was the central figure in this story representing neutrality, balance and humbleness.