She inflates his ego, consoling him with lines like 'You're so sweet, and such a kidder.' Although it could be argued that these motherly roles make the women prominent characters in their own right, it also reinforces my thesis by showing that the Loman men like to hide from reality. Linda, specifically, is a panacea for Willy, like when she tells him he is the 'handsomest man in the world.' She sheds a positive light on his accomplishments, making mountains out of molehills when he complains about having an empty, run-down house Linda consoles him, telling him that paying off the house is 'an accomplishment.' Willy's mistress in Boston provides succor for Willy from his humdrum existence. The women provide the Lomans with comfort and shelter. This is shown through the women's various roles as providing comfort and succor for the men, judgment for the men, a means of keeping score, and a means by which the men can reveal their natures. With the hope of keeping her family together she helps look out for them. Her husband, Willy, who is sick and suicidal, and Biff, their oldest son, are constantly fighting.

She is what helps keep the Loman family from falling apart. In this essay the aforementioned conclusion is expanded further, showing that the women in Death of a Salesman are secondary to men specifically, they exist primarily for the male Lomans' character development. In Death of a Salesman, Linda would be the complete opposite of Edna.

In my conclusion, I postulated that one unifying aspect between them is that they are all dependant on men. In a previous essay, I showed the different roles Linda, 'The Woman' and Miss Forsythe assumed. Linda, 'The Woman' at the hotel in Boston, Miss Forsythe and her friend, and other women not physically present yet alluded to, influence various aspects of the play. He briefly remembers a Woman, laughing with her and kissing her. In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, women serve a variety of functions, and assume many roles. Death of a Salesman played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2015, marking the 100th.

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