Thus, even though Linda knows the truth, she actively attempts to conceal it in order to help Willy achieve order in his life. She also chastises the boys when they say or do anything to dispel Willy's imaginings. Linda actively participates in the fantasies Willy creates by encouraging his dreams of grandeur.
Even though Linda "sees" the members of her family as they really are, she is not immune to the denial and contradiction that plagues them. She also realizes Biff's drifting is the result of his insecurity and his failure to understand his own needs and desires. She recognizes that Happy is nothing but an over-achieving womanizer incapable of settling down. She knows that Willy is borrowing money from Charley and lying to her about it. In many ways, Linda is the only character who is able to see the truth. Up until this point, Linda appears quiet and submissive as she gently encourages Willy and attempts to reconcile her husband and her children. According to Biff, the Lomans should be working outside. Biff agrees to stay and find a job, although he does not like the business world. Every day she struggles with the idea of removing it. She recently discovered a rubber hose attached to the gas pipe. Linda tells the boys that Willy has attempted to commit suicide several times. Linda questions Biff, but he refuses to explain his meaning. Biff reminds her that Willy threw him out of the house because Biff discovered Willy was a fraud. Linda blames Biff and Happy for abandoning their father in order to pursue their own selfish desires.īiff agrees to stay at home and help out financially, but Linda refuses unless he and Willy can reconcile their differences. Willy has been secretly borrowing money from Charley in order to pay the bills. Linda continues to defend Willy, insisting that he is not "crazy" but "exhausted." Linda attributes Willy's behavior to the fact that he is working straight commission, just like a beginning salesman. She gives Biff an ultimatum: Respect your father or do not come home. He denies the possibility that she could die anytime soon. Biff reacts to Linda's statement, but only in relation to her, not Willy. She explains that she and Willy are getting older, and that they will die one day.
Linda chastises Biff's tendency to wander from place to place and job to job. By the time Biff reaches home, Willy is angry and argumentative. Linda informs Biff that Willy is always excited to hear that Biff is returning home, but he becomes increasingly agitated the closer to Biff's arrival. Linda becomes upset and reminds Biff that he did not write or provide her with an address where he could be reached. He asks Linda why she never wrote to him of Willy's condition. Biff is angry and ashamed of Willy's behavior. Willy mumbles to himself about Ben and goes for a walk in his slippers.īiff and Happy come outside and talk with Linda about Willy. Linda reminds him that he pawned it over 12 years ago to pay for one of Biff's classes. Willy asks Linda if she still has the diamond watch fob that Ben gave him when he visited. Linda looks for Willy and finds him talking to himself outside.
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