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women in the Death of a Salesman

p Women in the Death of a Salesman

In the play The Death of a Salesman , written in 1949 , Auther Miller portrays different female characters which play a crucial role in plot development and have a direct impact on the evolution of the major character , Willy Loman , who tries to create an image of successful businessman and persuade other people and himself that he has achieved an American dream . Linda , a wife of Willy Loman , represents an ideal wife who cares about her husband and supports him all her life . In contrast

to Linda Loman , other women care only about money neglecting love and emotional support

Thesis Statement In the play Miller depicts two different worlds portraying different kinds of female 's nature that helps to unveil the message of the play and create complex characters of Willy Loman and his sons . The play is based on contrast between women 's characters , a housewife , Linda , and the frivolous and lighthearted women

Linda Loman is depicted as a loving and sympathetic woman , mother and wife

Miller creates a strong character able to fight and survive in any circumstances . Linda supports her husband despite his reprehensible treatment of her . Linda supposes that : A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man (Miller , 1999 ,

.27 . Linda Loman feels alone in the world because she could not imagine her future without her husband . Their marriage is depicted as a perfect where a wife is under protection of her husband

In contrast to other women in the play , Linda represents a typical woman whose domestic role of wife and mother is predetermined . The character of Linda ignores sexuality while other women are insistently sexual , explicitly involved with the body and with self-awareness through physical awareness . Women suffer because of life troubles , but that are passive . The female characters accept a code of values growing of women 's culture , which is sustained by sermons , child-rearing manuals , and sentimental fiction . She advocates motherly influence as an effective solution to solve her problems

Linda : He loved you

Willy (to Linda ) Will you stop (To Biff ) Walk in very serious

Linda : Oliver always thought the highest of him--

Willy : Will you let me talk (Miller , 1999 ,

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In his play , Miller claimed loneliness that is defiantly feminine . The women seem to be oscillating between two worlds , caught between contradictory definitions of femininity and creativity , and seeking either to synthesize them or to go beyond them to womanhood

The other female character is the nameless woman . She is a lover of Willy Loman . This nameless woman represents a working class of women in contrast to Linda who is a housewife . She is an assistant in a Boston 's company . Her world is represented by work and money , while the world of Linda embodies comfort and love . Money symbolizes stability and social recognition , in spite of the fact that neither Willy Loman nor nameless woman can achieve it

Miller depicts another women , Miss Forsythe and her friend...

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