Essays Tagged: "wife linda"
Analysis of the ending of 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller
s deluded himself all his life about being a bigsuccess in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda, who 'plays along' nicely withhis lies and tells him what he wants to hear, out of compas ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
"Willy Loman's Idealistic American Dream and the Victimization that Ensues"... in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
ng it with financial success, an excellent reputation and being well liked. He makes victims of his wife and of his sons by subjecting them to mistreatment and deprivation of a strong male role model. ... s elder son Biff, not enough on his younger son Happy, and he makes a "yes-woman" out of his doting wife Linda. Willy's ideas of the American Dream outweigh the realistic trials and tribulations that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Death of a Character.
's pursuit of success has affected not only his self worth, but has also dominated the lives of his wife Linda and his sons Biff and Happy. Willy's low self worth, misplaced societal values, and his s ... not talked about much in the story, but rather more implied through several conversations with his wife. I do not believe that Willy is even aware of the low self worth he has. While talking with his ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Willy Loman, in the book "Death of a Salesman", by Arthur Miller, and his quest for the "American Dream."
er characters to show the different effects the American dream can have on people.For Willy and his wife Linda, life's accomplishments and sources of pleasure are simple. They focus their lives on the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Death of a salesman" by Arthur Miller.
uccess. He teaches this flawed idea to his sons, Biff and Happy, and is faithfully supported by his wife Linda. Linda sympathizes with Willy's situation, knowing that his time as an important salesman ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Death of a Salesman
man for 35 years, returns home after having just left for a sales trip to New England. He tells his wife Linda that he can no longer go on the road because he cannot keep his mind on driving. At the s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Letter to Linda's sister
ill uncle Loman had come back from his business trip from the Yonkers. He had been happy to see his wife, Linda, and his younger son Happy. But as soon has he'd seen his elder son, Biff, the atmospher ... hough uncle Loman's mind? He has everything a man would ever want in a lifetime, a wonderful caring wife, two great kids, and a stable job. What else can a man ask for? With the pressure aunt Loman mu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman: The Tragic Hero
ut naive pursuit of success has not only affected his self-worth but has dominated the lives of his wife Linda and his sons Biff and Happy. In the course of the play he realizes that his true wealth l ... pede upon all his relationships and cause him to betray his own set of values. His loyal and loving wife, Linda, supports him in both his fantasies and failures and her life seems to be entirely absor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Willy Loman as a Tragic Hero
e country coming to the funeral. However, in those moments that he begins to realize the truth, his wife Linda while understanding his situation, supports his delusion. She say to him that "you're the ... ecause of t his, he eventually lost his job. His family was something he equally misunderstood. His wife and two children did not let him know that they knew the truth about him. They would tell him t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Death Of A Salesman
y begins when Willy Loman, a salesman over 60, enters his house unexpectedly, and tells his worried wife, Linda, that, on his way to appointments in New England, he kept losing control of his car. She ... ly hurt to see that his father, the man he admired most, was capable of infidelity and lying to his wife. He tended to go to extremes, though. His passionate insistence, toward the end, that he is "no ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How does 'The Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller and 'Better Days' by Bruce Springsteen position us to see the American Dream?
om his low paying job. He gets by with loans from his only real friend, Charley and pretends to his wife, Linda that the money is what he earned and reassures her that he will get paid more.Throughout ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Willy Loman: Victimizer and Victim - Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
perpetually throughout this play for a variety of different reasons. One of his key targets was his wife Linda. From verbal to finical, Willy Loman abused his wife Linda. His son Biff was also a prime ... as I'll soon make evident in the text below.The most evident victim of Willy Loman was his dearest wife Linda. There were many angles in which she was abused but none more apparent than verbally. Wil ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Death Of A Salesman
questions the character of Willy Loman, a 60-year-old salesman, in The Death of a Salesman. Willy's wife, Linda, stands up for Willy in a heartfelt monologue on page 57 in the novel. She backs up Will ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Death Of A Salesman
successful quest to achieve this prosperity. One of the main examples of this is that Willy and his wife Linda have so many appliances on the installment plan. They don't actually own these things, bu ... y did Willy deceive himself with these fantastic lies, but he also managed to convince his faithful wife that he was someone he was not. It yet another way, Willy Loman has botched his attempts to mee ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Self-delusion in death of a sa
t all of his success. He brags about how much money he makes inflating his sales commissions to his wife Linda. Willy is too proud to accept a job from Charley yet he seems to have no problem accepted ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Willy And Biffs Love
f as loving father and son. The two of them were best friends, maybe even better than Willy and his wife Linda Loman. Biff's father loved him so much that he doesn't recognize his other son Howard als ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Death Of Salesman
ife. The other son Happy leads a normal life, meeting women, as well as holding a good job. Willy's wife, Linda Lowman, acknowledges that he has his problems when she says, "I don't say he's a great m ... made clear in the following quote." I married, and this perfectly reconciled me to my situation; my wife rendered my house all at once cheerful and pleasing; it no longer appeared gloomy and solitary ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Death Of A Salesman
wealth. As with much modernist literature, Willy replaces superior form with lack of substance. His wife, Linda, supports him in his illusions, telling him "you're the best looking man in the world." ... s people to deny and repress their problems. To support his illusions, Willy convinces not only his wife, but also his sons that his imaginary world is reality. His wife, Linda is always mending her s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Death Of A Salesman
ng play, is a drama about a man chasing after the American dream of having a successful life with a wife and his two sons. The salesman is Willy Loman who has a wife named Linda, and two sons, Biff an ... nd hopes for them, he still tells them that they will succeed in life. Earlier in the play, Willy's wife, Linda, tells her sons, Biff and Happy, that their father is an unhappy man who has been trying ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
"Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller
ateness, it also presents the contradiction in his relations. Scattered over the play, Willy’s wife, Linda, often sticks to the kitchen, darning and mending stockings (1578-1579) while the woman ... a greatness in him (1595). In reality, however, Willy is facing a serious financial shortage as his wife states, “For five weeks he’s been on straight commission, like a beginner, an unknown ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama