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    In the play Death of a Salesman, Willy and Linda Loman have a complicated relationship. Linda is a devoted and loving wife, for the most part, and takes care of her husband and the home. She acts mainly as an enabler to Willy’s dreams and delusions, additional to putting up with Willy’s complaints, insults, and fantasies. Linda serves as his defendant against the critiques of their sons, Happy and Biff. From an onlooker’s view, it might appear that the marriage is normal, but behind the act lies

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    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. Linda is the most levelheaded character in the play, she is stern with her children and sees life realistically. Linda is undoubtedly a woman

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    During pages 8-10 Arthur Miller uses Linda and Willy’s interactions to display Linda’s misguided attempts at restoring Willy to mental stability. Throughout the rest of the play Miller’s permissive characterisation of Linda catalyses the deterioration of Willy’s psyche and relationships. Miller presents Linda as Willy’s enabler; she is seen as not only allowing but socialising Willy into a self-destructive way of being. Miller incorporates the symbolism of the flute into the stage directions to

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    Willy Loman Flaws

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    The author Arthur Miller wrote the book Death of a Salesman and it tells the tale of a dysfunctional family and its members. This family is comprised of Willy Loman, a salesman, Linda, Willy’s wife and mother of Biff and Happy, Biff, eldest son of Willy and Linda, and Happy, younger son of Willy and Linda. Each of the characters in the book all have flaws such as Willy being suicidal, Linda being an enabler, Biff being lost, and Happy being a liar. These flaws have created an atmosphere where conflicts

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    specifically Death of a Salesman, has won multiple awards, such as; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and a Tony Award for Best Play. Miller, is able to distinctly represent complications, that are coupled with isolation, for Linda and Willy Loman, coping mechanisms for isolation are vastly different from one another, and still they both succeed in contributing to Willy’s own isolation. For some isolation is due to themselves, others are faced with isolation from another. Linda Loman is the later. Blocked

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    Lies of a Salesman (Movie Analysis of Death of a Salesman produced by Robert F. Colesberry) To be dysfunctional is to not operate accordly to normal in a negative way. Death of a Salesman produced by Robert F. Colesberry is a movie based on a play Death of a salesman written by Arthur Miller. The Loman family in the movie is a dysfunctional family, which is clearly show in many scenes,The mother and the father Willy and Linda Lowman. Willy a salesman in the field for over 30 years. The have kids

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    Linda Loman

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    The RIP CURRENTS image relates to the Loman family immensely. Specifically, the illustration significantly portrays Linda’s relationship with her husband Willy. Mrs. Loman is a caring unappreciated wife. Linda is a doting house wife who cares after a weary salesman of a husband. When analyzing this image I have concluded that the current is Willy Loman and its prisoner is Linda Loman. Linda Loman is merely an innocent swimmer lost in a tortuous riptide. She loves her husband unconditionally and

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    To have a big house, two kids and a picket fence. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman every character uses lies and deceit as a way to escape reality. With this said, it is only Biff’s character that is dynamic, realizing the error of his ways. Constantly, each character escapes their problems with deceit. Even Biff remains in this state of falsehood, until he reaches his epiphany. The main character Willy Loman, is constantly fooling himself into believing that he is a huge success. He

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    Loman American Dream

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    In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, a man named Willy Loman struggles with the changing American dynamic and his impending mental deterioration. Loman is a sixty-three year old salesman during the late 1940’s. He is the father of two sons, Biff and Happy, and the husband to Linda Loman. During this time period, Americans were still adjusting to the post-war era where two generations of American ideas clashed, the traditional and modern American Dream. The old, traditional dream included working

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    Willy Loman Died a Coward in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman    "In his early sixties he knows his business as well as he ever did. But the unsubstantial things have become decisive; the spring has gone from his step, the smile from his face and the heartiness from his personality. He is through. The phantom of his life has caught up with him. As literally as Mr. Miller can say it, dust turns to dust. Suddenly, there is nothing" (Internet 1). The New York Times has expressed the tragedy

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