Nobody wants to experience it, yet many people do at .
Linda, Willy's wife in Death of A Salesman, by Arthur Miller, .
could be described as a failure. Her whole life has been centered around her husband, .
and she has no more real joy than to see him happy. He is a salesman, and when he is .
away on business, all she does is wait for him to come home. She has no ides of what .
goes on behind her back.
Linda is a kind woman. She is very accommodating, and loves her family .
tremendously. However, this is seemingly not enough her husband Willy. When he goes .
out on business trips, he has a girlfriend to keep him occupied. Linda doesn't know this, .
of course. It is kept a secret for a long time, until Biff comes to visit his father in a hotel .
and sees the woman there. He had flunked a class and goes to tell Willy, who does not .
expect him there. Willy tries to lie about who the woman is, but Biff knows. "Now look, .
Biff, when you grow up you'll understand about these things (Willy, p120)."" This causes .
Biff to despise his father, but he doesn't tell Linda, because it would break her heart.
The Lomans do not live in luxury. They reside in the city in a "small, fragile-seeming .
home (p11)."" Due to Willy's occupation, they do not have a lot of extra money. Linda .
even has to mend her own stockings. Biff realizes this, and gets very angry because he .
sees Willy giving two pairs of new stockings to the woman, when he should have been .
giving them to Linda. "You "you gave her mama's stockings (Biff, p121)!- Every time .
Willy and Biff get into an argument, Linda takes her husband's side. "Either he's your .
father and you pay him that respect, or else you're not to come here (Linda, p55)."" She is .
oblivious to the problems with her life. .
Linda's whole life is surrounded by her family. She has nothing else to worry about, .
only those issues that concern the Lomans. As soon as she and Willy are older and .
