Linda Loman
Name: Linda Loman
Gender: Female
Age: 60’s
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Brooklyn, New York
Traits: Realistic, patient, submissive, loyal and resigned
Interests/Hobbies: Fixing stockings and calculating fees
Role in novel: Symbolic character and emotional core.
Quotes: “He’s the dearest man in the world to me, and I won’t have anyone making him feel blue.”
“Don’t say those things to him! Enough to be happy right here, right now. Why must everybody conquer the world?”
Summary: Linda Loman is the patient wife of Willy and puts up with his many short-comings. She is realistic as shown through her careful calculation of the household fees; however she is also optimistic and equates happiness with security.
Linda puts Willy above even her sons and chooses to ignore his flaws as symbolised by the mending of the stockings. She is the image of the ideal housewife of the 40s and 50s and does not question her role.
Gender: Female
Age: 60’s
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Brooklyn, New York
Traits: Realistic, patient, submissive, loyal and resigned
Interests/Hobbies: Fixing stockings and calculating fees
Role in novel: Symbolic character and emotional core.
Quotes: “He’s the dearest man in the world to me, and I won’t have anyone making him feel blue.”
“Don’t say those things to him! Enough to be happy right here, right now. Why must everybody conquer the world?”
Summary: Linda Loman is the patient wife of Willy and puts up with his many short-comings. She is realistic as shown through her careful calculation of the household fees; however she is also optimistic and equates happiness with security.
Linda puts Willy above even her sons and chooses to ignore his flaws as symbolised by the mending of the stockings. She is the image of the ideal housewife of the 40s and 50s and does not question her role.