Linda
- Created by: MaggieNaylor
- Created on: 17-04-21 09:28
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- Linda: driven by desperation and fear
- Who?
- Wife of Willy Loman, mother of Biff and Happy Loman
- First impressions
- Stage directions
- 'Most often jovial'
- She keeps the family together with her jovial nature
- She is extremely kind e.g. offering Will cheese she has bought specially
- But the kindness is often thrown back in her face
- 'Why did you get American when I like Swiss?'
- However she usually accepts this rejection with 'infinite patience'
- 'Why did you get American when I like Swiss?'
- But the kindness is often thrown back in her face
- She is extremely kind e.g. offering Will cheese she has bought specially
- She keeps the family together with her jovial nature
- 'Developed an iron repression'
- She is ready to excuse anything he does
- 'She more than loves him, she admires him'
- She is a defender of Willy
- 'Longings which she shares'
- 'Most often jovial'
- Section 1
- Familiar with Willy's behaviour
- She speaks 'very carefully, delicately'
- Willy's backbone
- 'She is taking off his shoes'
- 'Should I get you an aspirin?'
- Familiar with Willy's behaviour
- Stage directions
- Innocent defender of Willy, indirectly causing his death
- She defends everything Willy stands for
- She says he is 'only a little boat looking for a harbour'
- 'A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man'
- Constantly boosts his morale
- She is his 'foundation and my support'
- He tells her he is ''very foolish to look at'
- She responds 'Willy darling you're the handsomest man in the world'
- Defends him to the boys
- 'Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a man'
- She offers the boys an ultimatum
- 'Either he's your father and you pay him respect, else you're not to come here'
- She defends everything Willy stands for
- Feminist reading
- Her fault?
- Linda's innocent belief and encouragement of Willy indirectly lead to his suicide
- She also begs him to 'stay with her and the children' when he wants to leave for Alaska
- Women holding men back?
- She also begs him to 'stay with her and the children' when he wants to leave for Alaska
- She doesn't confront Willy to avoid responsibility
- Linda's innocent belief and encouragement of Willy indirectly lead to his suicide
- She is subject to a cycle of looking after other people
- Often her stage directions involve satisfying another's need
- 'Carring a wash bin'
- Often her stage directions involve satisfying another's need
- Her fault?
- Understands Willy
- Sees through most of his exaggerations, but she too is blinded by his dreams
- E.g. she knows he borrows money off Charley
- 'I know he's not easy to get along with, no one knows that better than me'
- She knows he is suicidal
- This makes her anxious, means she lives 'from day to day'
- Sees through most of his exaggerations, but she too is blinded by his dreams
- Who?
- 'I swear to God Biff, his life is in your hands!'
- She says she understands Willy, yet is to frightened to confront him
- Emotionally manipulative, puts the blame for Willy's problems on her son's to avoid responsibility
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