Comparing Linda Loman And The Horse Dealer's Daughter

Linda Loman is merely an innocent swimmer lost in a tortuous riptide. She loves her husband unconditionally and would do anything for him. Although Linda wishes Willy could made life altering decisions on his own, she is constantly worrying about his well-being. Throughout “The Death Of A Salesman” there has been clear evidence showing Willy’s unstable mental health. Arthur Miller, the author of “The Death Of A Salesman”, has given us specific examples of Willy’s suicidal behavior.

In D.H Lawrence's "The Horse Dealer's Daughter," Mabel Pervin and her three brothers are left with debts to pay after the death of their father. To pay these debts, the Pervins are forced to sell every horse that they own. Then, they must separately create new lives elsewhere. Although Mabel's brothers have decided where they will be going and what they will be doing, as the story opens, Mabel's fate seems undetermined. Her apparent inability to plan her future is initially a source of tension and conflict. However, the events that unfold make clear that the life that Mabel has led for the past twenty-seven years has molded her into a determined and independent woman. Through these

Admiration of Linda Loman A women's place in society during 1940s and 50s was to stay at home, make babies, be a happy home maker, and above all be a devoted wife (People & Events 2017). Linda Loman, Willy's wife in Death of a Salesman, fit this role perfectly. She protects her husband's dreams, and behaves as a perfect wife and mother throughout the play.

In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the character Linda Loman is used to suggest that delusion can cause dissatisfaction and depression. Throughout the entirety of the play, Linda hints at how unhappy she is in her relationship. Miller illustrates her delusion when she denies her unhappiness in front of her sons. After Biff speaks out against his father, she defends her husband by saying, “Either he’s your father and you pay him that respect, or else you’re not to come here. I know he’s not easy to get along with—nobody knows that better than me” (39). This quote shows that even though she is completely deranged and unhappy, she will still defend Willy Loman. In another segment of Act 1, Linda tries to bring up a point, she

Linda Loman and the idea of unconditional love: In the play of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Linda Loman, the wife of Willy Loman, loves him unconditionally despite him being difficult, nasty and argumentative.. She is a woman in a difficult position however she still is oblivious to Willy’s illusions in order to protect him from the disapproval of others, as well as his own self-criticism acknowledging that Willy’s mind is becoming weak. Linda knows all there is to know about Willy, but she loves and accepts him and also fights fiercely for him even against her own sons as she tells her sons that “if you don’t have any feeling for him, then you can’t have any feelings for me” (page 43). The love she has for Willy eventually made Linda

Same as in Death of a Sales Linda is very shy and conservative around her husband. However, this can really be seen due to the type of sentence structure and tone that is used when either character is talking to their better half. Due to both Miller and Williams being men they depict the women to act what a man would imagine a perfect wife would be. So, both of the playwright’s characters are not realistic but a fantasy and not an actual portray of women.

Linda Loman is often the metaphorical glue holding her family together through support and encouragement yet, when unable to get her children to assist their father is willing to force her children to leave in order to protect her husband from further harm. For Example, “Either he's your father and you pay him that respect, or else you're not to come here.” (Miller Act 1: 1579) this is important as it depicts the love she has for her husband as she will not continue to tolerate the amount of stress her children continue to bring to Willy. Through her encouragement her family attempted to progress which gave Willy the courage to ask Howard if he can work in New York and Biff to ask for a job which resulted in Willy getting fired and Biff feeling

In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, through the character of Linda Loman, the author implies that there is universal need for everyone to be respected even if they do not deserve to be. In the beginning of the play, Willy and Linda are talking about Biff and how he has not quite landed on his feet and Linda defends Biff by saying “He’s finding himself, Willy” (5). During this scene, Willy is criticizing Biff for being home at the age of thirty-four and how he cannot do a thing for himself. Linda is coming to the rescue and explains how he is trying to figure the world out and the situation is normal. Later in the play, Linda and Biff are speaking about Willy and Biff’s outbreak and Linda immediately tells her son, “You can’t come just

In the play Death of a Salesman, Linda Loman serves as the family's destroyer. Linda realizes, throughout the play, that her family is caught up in a bunch of lies. Linda is the only person that can fix the problem and she doesn't.

Mabel’s self-proclaimed failure to live up to her socially-constructed gender role one of the fundamental cause for Mabel’s attempted suicide. As explained by Jeffrey Meyers in “D.H Lawrence and Tradition: The Horse Dealer’s Daughter," “The story [revolves around] Mabel Pervin--whose mother had died when Mabel was fourteen and whose role in society has been defined by her father’s occupation[...]” (Meyers). Because of her mother’s death and father’s dominance over her self-identity, Mabel was pigeonholed into the role of being the Pervin homemaker. However, while the family lived in their father’s riches for a majority of their lives, Mabel believes that the economic turmoil and death is a direct failure of her inability to properly carry

In ‘Death of a Salesman’ Miller writes Linda’s situation as being one of an exceptionally difficult and intractable nature; we see that she is aware of Willy’s suicidal tendencies as well as his financial issues and yet keeps them to herself. Stuck in an invariably volatile relationship, Linda is shown to be doing her best for her husband and sons, yet struggles with the burden of responsibility. She seeks solace in what she deems to be the only way possible; almost by ignoring the problem rather than confront them. Whilst some may denounce Linda as a form of tragic villain, it seems more fitting to view her as a victim of circumstance, her

Let’s first consider how the main character Willy viewed women and how this contributes to his character development. Willy Loman the head of the Loman family, is known to treat his wife Linda like a minor who can neither think nor make decisions on her own. From the beginning to the end of the play, he is seen as a person who hates to be objected but always wants Linda to be on his side regarding matters. An example of women’s role is seen when Linda and Willy were talking about their elder son Biff:

In many literary works, family relationships are the key to the plot. Through a family’s interaction with one another, the reader is able decipher the conflicts of the story. Within a literary family, various characters play different roles in each other’s lives. These are usually people that are emotionally and physically connected in one way or another. They can be brother and sister, mother and daughter, or in this case, father and son. In the Arthur Miller’s novel, Death of A Salesman, the interaction between Willy Loman and his sons, Happy and Biff, allows Miller to comment on father-son relationships and the conflicts that arise from them.

Linda is a place of logic for Willy, over the years she has grown conflicted as her and Willy see freedom in different means. She adores Willy and appreciates him for who he is and what he has done, but cannot agree or seem to shake him from this idea of the ‘dream’. While Willy see’s delusions she sees the reality of most things, including the reality of her son, Biff’s plight in finding himself as she doesn’t criticized the way he’s lived his life thus far. She loves her family and provides the emotional context of the play.

Striving for perfection is often futile and frustrating, as societal norms are ever changing. Such frustration is evident in the actions of Linda Loman, from Death of a Salesman, who is a complicated and seemingly invisible housewife who must deal with her husband’s childlike behavior as he falls deeper into his mental illness. Linda’s devotion, care, and loyalty to Willy and her sons is not enough as he still treats her terribly by emotionally abusing her and verbally dismissing her, and her sons abandon her due to the resentment they harbor towards their father. Throughout her marriage to Willy, she has glossed over reality, attempting to make her family look perfect, and now that she must attempt to pull her family back together, she resorts