How Does Miller Present the Relationship Between Willy and Linda at the Beginning of Death of a Salesman?
Essay
In the beginning of the play “Death of a Salesman”, by Arthur Miller, the author presents the relationship between Willy and Linda in different ways. By showing the love of Linda towards Willy and how she takes care of him. Also with different situations where Linda shows her patience with Willy’s problems of being cruel or getting angry easily. To start with, they have a very special relationship. Linda is really positive and transmits that to her husband “… you’re doing wonderful, dear. You are making seventy to a hundred dollars a week.” or “Well, next week you’ll do better”, this portrays that although they were in a bad economic situation and that the money is not enough for them, she motivates him to continue. She acts as a mother and in a very sweet manner with him because he has many problems and Linda is the one in charge of making him feel better. Willy recognizes her effort by saying “you’re my foundation and my support, Linda”, this shows he is grateful about her taking care of him. Moreover, Linda is always defending Willy and making him feel good she says that “[he is] the handsomest man in the world” when he is fat, old and cruel. Also when she says to Biff, their son, “Biff, dear, if you don’t have any feeling for him, then you can’t have any feeling for me” is defending him and saying that everything that happens to her husband happens to her. Willy’s relation with Linda is also very close and affective. The problem is that Willy looses his temper in a middle of a conversation or start talking of anything else so it is difficult for them to talk seriously. This is shown where they are talking about him and Linda is saying that he has to relax and suddenly he says “Now isn’t that peculiar! Isn’t that a remarkable (…) That is the most remarkable thing.” So the difficulties of Willy are a problem for the relation. To conclude, I believe that the author creates a confusing relationship because of the differences between Linda and
In the beginning of the play “Death of a Salesman”, by Arthur Miller, the author presents the relationship between Willy and Linda in different ways. By showing the love of Linda towards Willy and how she takes care of him. Also with different situations where Linda shows her patience with Willy’s problems of being cruel or getting angry easily. To start with, they have a very special relationship. Linda is really positive and transmits that to her husband “… you’re doing wonderful, dear. You are making seventy to a hundred dollars a week.” or “Well, next week you’ll do better”, this portrays that although they were in a bad economic situation and that the money is not enough for them, she motivates him to continue. She acts as a mother and in a very sweet manner with him because he has many problems and Linda is the one in charge of making him feel better. Willy recognizes her effort by saying “you’re my foundation and my support, Linda”, this shows he is grateful about her taking care of him. Moreover, Linda is always defending Willy and making him feel good she says that “[he is] the handsomest man in the world” when he is fat, old and cruel. Also when she says to Biff, their son, “Biff, dear, if you don’t have any feeling for him, then you can’t have any feeling for me” is defending him and saying that everything that happens to her husband happens to her. Willy’s relation with Linda is also very close and affective. The problem is that Willy looses his temper in a middle of a conversation or start talking of anything else so it is difficult for them to talk seriously. This is shown where they are talking about him and Linda is saying that he has to relax and suddenly he says “Now isn’t that peculiar! Isn’t that a remarkable (…) That is the most remarkable thing.” So the difficulties of Willy are a problem for the relation. To conclude, I believe that the author creates a confusing relationship because of the differences between Linda and