Behind the Curtain
Throughout the play Death of a Salesman, Linda was always passive because she was ignorant to everything that led to the death of her husband. Throughout the play, written by Arthur Miller, Linda ignores the warning signs that would have prevented the death of Willy Loman. The play, Death of a Salesman, takes place in the late 1940s, in New York City. Most people were financially sound, but the Loman family was not. This added stress to the already crumpling relationship between Willy and Linda. Due to the fact that Willy committed adultery, Linda has given up on the relationship.
She gets out and puts on a robe, listening. Most often jovial, she has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behavior — she more than loves him, she admires him, as though his mercurial nature, his temper, his massive dreams and little cruelties, served her only as sharp reminders of the turbulent longings within him, longings which she shares but lacks the …show more content…
The repressive tendencies that Linda displayed in the passage has an impact on the end of book when Willy commits suicide. By holding back her feelings from her husband, Linda refuses to be vulnerable and remains by Willy’s side as a supporter but does not try to change the way he thinks or acts. At the end of the book, Willy’s death breaks Linda apart, and we see her barely being able to leave his grave because she is so upset. The significance of this scene is dramatic and shows Linda’s unconditional love for her husband. This passage also connects to the male dominance that Willy shows. When Linda gently presses him to do the right thing or input on a conversation between him and Biff, Willy yells at her, telling her to “shut up”. Linda has a reason to repress her concerns about Willy. Whenever she brings little things up with him or tries to express her ideas she is pushed down and forced to retract into herself
Throughout the play Death of a Salesman, Linda was always passive because she was ignorant to everything that led to the death of her husband. Throughout the play, written by Arthur Miller, Linda ignores the warning signs that would have prevented the death of Willy Loman. The play, Death of a Salesman, takes place in the late 1940s, in New York City. Most people were financially sound, but the Loman family was not. This added stress to the already crumpling relationship between Willy and Linda. Due to the fact that Willy committed adultery, Linda has given up on the relationship.
She gets out and puts on a robe, listening. Most often jovial, she has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behavior — she more than loves him, she admires him, as though his mercurial nature, his temper, his massive dreams and little cruelties, served her only as sharp reminders of the turbulent longings within him, longings which she shares but lacks the …show more content…
The repressive tendencies that Linda displayed in the passage has an impact on the end of book when Willy commits suicide. By holding back her feelings from her husband, Linda refuses to be vulnerable and remains by Willy’s side as a supporter but does not try to change the way he thinks or acts. At the end of the book, Willy’s death breaks Linda apart, and we see her barely being able to leave his grave because she is so upset. The significance of this scene is dramatic and shows Linda’s unconditional love for her husband. This passage also connects to the male dominance that Willy shows. When Linda gently presses him to do the right thing or input on a conversation between him and Biff, Willy yells at her, telling her to “shut up”. Linda has a reason to repress her concerns about Willy. Whenever she brings little things up with him or tries to express her ideas she is pushed down and forced to retract into herself