Her zealous belief in protecting her husband comes forth when she says, “I won’t have anyone making feel unwanted and low and blue….I know he’s not easy to get along with – nobody knows that better than me.” Instead of puncturing Willy’s false ideals, she goes a step further and endorses them, thereby never letting him snap out of the fantasy world he inhabits. It is in fact ironic that she guards his false sense of grandeur instead of deflating the myth. Despite being least delusional, she defines herself through her husband because she only appears to echo and justify her husband’s sentiment and she thinks that Willy is “only a little boat looking for a harbor.” She is merely a passive onlooker who is unable to stop Willy’s march towards oblivion. Willy’s wife, Linda appears as the only character that is grounded in reality. A close examination of these maladjusted relationships will reveal how dysfunctional family behaviors pushed him over the edge. ![]() It is indeed tragic to see that Willy’s death was perpetuated as much by his family as by own delusions. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman unmasked everyday reality, as a deceptive surface appearance of lies and false values.
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