Essay Death of a Salesman - Linda Loman - 616 Words

Death of a Salesman - Linda Loman In the play Death of a Salesman, Linda Loman serves as the familys destroyer. Linda realizes, throughout the play, that her family is caught up in a bunch of lies. Linda is the only person that can fix the problem and she doesnt. The first instance where Linda Loman serves as the family destroyer is in Act when Willy Loman comes home and tells her, I suddenly couldnt drive any more. The car kept going off onto the shoulder, yknow? (1402). Linda replies, Oh. Maybe it was the steering again. I dont think Angelo knows the Studebaker (1402). Willy says, No, its me, its me. Suddenly I realize Im going sixty miles an hour and I dont remember the last five minutes. Im--I cant seem to--†¦show more content†¦Maybe if Linda had told Willy that she knew he was trying to kill himself, Willy would not have killed himself at the end of the play. The next instance where Linda serves as the familys destroyer is in Act 1. Linda justifies Biffs desultory life by saying, Hes finding himself, Willy (1404). Willy replies, Not finding yourself at the age of thirty-four is a disgrace! (1404). Linda says, Shh! (1404). Willy says, The trouble is hes lazy, goddammit! (1404). Linda says, Willy, please! (1404). Willy says, Biff is a lazy bum! (1404). Linda knows that Willy is right about Biff being lazy. But Linda is trying to protect her son from the truth. Linda is making excuses about him being lazy, just as she made excuses about Willy trying to kill himself. Linda should have let Willy tell Biff the truth about him being lazy. Maybe if Biff had heard the truth earlier in life, he wouldnt be thirty-four years old finding himself. Another way Linda serves as the familys destroyer is by pretending that she doesnt know Willy isnt making any money on his job. Linda says to her sons, Why shouldnt he talk to himself? Why? When he has to go to Charley and borrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me that its his pay? How long can that go on? How long? (1425). Linda had known for a few months that Willy had been going to Charley every week to borrow money. Willy would then bring the money home and act as if it wasShow MoreRelated The Character of Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman524 Words   |  3 PagesThe Character of Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman Linda is the heart of the Loman family in Arthur Millers play, Death of a Salesman.   She is wise, warm, and sympathetic.   She knows her husbands faults and her sons characters.   For all her frank appraisals, she loves them.   She is contrasted with the promiscuous sex symbolized by the Woman and the prostitutes.   They operate in the world outside as part of the impersonal forces that corrupt.   Happy equates his promiscuityRead More The Conflicted Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman762 Words   |  4 PagesThe Conflicted Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman  Ã‚   Watching a solitary blade of grass will never tell you the direction of hurricane, just as one characteristic can never describe Linda Loman. In Death of a Salesman, Linda Loman is a woman torn between guilt, retaliation, and pity. Her guilt stems from the fact that she prevented Willy from pursuing his true American Dream; she retaliates in response to Willys failure; she feels sorry for Willy, because he is a pitiful loneRead More The Selfish Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman1089 Words   |  5 PagesThe Selfish Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman      Ã‚  Ã‚   Linda, a character from Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman is a selfish housewife. She pretends to care about her husband, but in reality, prefers that he kill himself so that she can live an easier life. Linda is given nothing but motive for wanting her husband, Willy, to die because of the ways he mistreats her. For example, during a family conversation in Act I, Linda, trying to put in a few words, says, Maybe thingsRead MoreEssay about Linda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman585 Words   |  3 PagesLinda Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman      Ã‚  Ã‚   Linda Loman is the heart and soul of the Loman household.   She loves her family, even though she is all too aware of husbands faults and her sons characters. She provides a sharp contrast to the seamy underbelly of the world of sex, symbolized by the Woman and the prostitutes.   They operate in the real world as part of the impersonal forces that corrupt.   Happy equates his unhealthy relationships with women to taking manufacturersRead MoreExplore Linda Loman’s Treatment of Willy Loman Throughout Pages 8-10 of Death of a Salesman and Discuss to What Extent This Aids Willy’s Deterioration Throughout the Rest of the Play.  1165 Words   |  5 PagesDuring pages 8-10 Arthur Miller uses Linda and Willy’s interactions to display Linda’s misguided attempts at restoring Willy to mental stability. Throughout the rest of the play Miller’s permissive characterisation of Linda catalyses the deterioration of Willy’s psyche and rel ationships. Miller presents Linda as Willy’s enabler; she is seen as not only allowing but socialising Willy into a self-destructive way of being. Miller incorporates the symbolism of the flute into the stage directions toRead MoreThe American Dream in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller1127 Words   |  5 PagesTo have a big house, two kids and a picket fence. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman every character uses lies and deceit as a way to escape reality. With this said, it is only Biff’s character that is dynamic, realizing the error of his ways. Constantly, each character escapes their problems with deceit. Even Biff remains in this state of falsehood, until he reaches his epiphany. The main character Willy Loman, is constantly fooling himself into believing that he is a huge success. HeRead MoreDeath Of A Salesman Analysis914 Words   |  4 PagesLies of a Salesman (Movie Analysis of Death of a Salesman produced by Robert F. Colesberry) To be dysfunctional is to not operate accordly to normal in a negative way. Death of a Salesman produced by Robert F. Colesberry is a movie based on a play Death of a salesman written by Arthur Miller. The Loman family in the movie is a dysfunctional family, which is clearly show in many scenes,The mother and the father Willy and Linda Lowman. Willy a salesman in the field for over 30 years. The have kidsRead MoreCharacteristics Of Willy Loman A Tragic Hero834 Words   |  4 PagesWilly Loman a Tragic Hero? Death Of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by american playwright Arthur Miller. It is a breathtaking play about Willy Loman, a salesman, trying to chase a dream that died long ago. It expresses how the old man’s life comes crumbling down with his last few attempts to make some of his dream reality and help his family in debt. Now people are debating weather Willy loman fits the right characteristics to be classified as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone who makesRead More Willy Loman Died a Coward in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman880 Words   |  4 PagesWilly Loman Died a Coward in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman   Ã‚   In his early sixties he knows his business as well as he ever did. But the unsubstantial things have become decisive; the spring has gone from his step, the smile from his face and the heartiness from his personality. He is through. The phantom of his life has caught up with him. As literally as Mr. Miller can say it, dust turns to dust. Suddenly, there is nothing (Internet 1). The New York Times has expressed the tragedyRead MoreThe Jagged Edges of a Shattered American Dream in Death of a Salesman1377 Words   |  6 Pagesmeant a promise of freedom and opportunity, offering the chance of riches even to those who start with nothing. This is something that Arthur Miller conveys in his play Death of a Salesman. Before the Depression, an optimistic America offered the alluring promise of success and riches. Willy Loman, Millers main character suffers from his disenchantment with the American dream, for it fails him and his son. In some ways, Willy and his older son Biff seem trapped in a