She is a woman Willy had an affair with when he would travel to Boston. 18. Describe Willy's reaction to Linda mending her stockings. … He is upset because
Linda is trying to fix old stockings to save money
Page 5 and he gave his mistress new stockings as a present.
Why does Willy hates seeing Linda and stocking?
He angrily takes them from her. The stockings
serve as a symbol of Willy's guilt over his adulterous behavior
. Additionally, new stockings symbolically represent financial security.
Why does Willy become annoyed with Linda?
2) Willy becomes angry with Linda
when she's mending stocking because
, he's reminded of when he gave stockings to the “Other Woman” and Biff asked why he was giving away mom's stockings. Willy wants to start new and not have stuff mended. He wants to give Linda new stockings, so he's not reminded of the past.
Why is Willy Home Why is Linda alarmed that he's home 2 Why is Willy annoyed at BIFF How does he describe Biff what does this tell us about Willy 3 How has the neighborhood changed why does it matter to the story that his surroundings are no longer the way they used?
Linda is angry with her sons
because they do not care about their father and they make him feel unwanted. Linda puts the hose back because she wants Willy to take it off himself. If she asked him about it to his face then it would hurt him even more. … Linda gives Biff a choice: to stay and respect his father or leave.
Why is Willy irritated when Linda reminds him of their unpaid bills?
Seeing Linda mend stockings, Willy is reminded of
his past infidelity and feels angry and guilty
.
Why do you think Linda His wife is worried?
Linda is worried about Willie in general. She
thinks he works too hard and should not be traveling any more
. … She is also worried that he has smashed up the car again when he first returns.
Why does Linda tell the boys get out of her both of you and dont come back?
Linda tells her sons to leave
because she wants to defend her husband from the emotional harm she sees looming in a another confrontation with Biff
. She wants to save Willy from self-destruction and to keep her sons from leading Willy in that direction.
Why does Linda put the rubber hose back?
Linda puts the hose back
because she wants Willy to take the hose off himself
. To confront him with the hose would be to insult him and his sense of pride. Willy is a man who is concerned with appearances. Suicide is a sign of weakness, and he wouldn't bear the thought of Linda confronting him.
Why did Biff stop working for Bill Oliver?
Things continued to get worse for Biff as he became a womanizer and lost job after job because he stole from the companies he worked for. It's been ten years since Biff quit his job with Oliver
because he was afraid he would be fired after stealing a carton of basketballs
. Biff remembers Mr.
Why won't happy go out West with Biff why won't Biff stay at home?
Happy won't go out West because
he wants to be a success at home in business
. Biff won't stay because he knows business isn't for him or because he is angry with Willy. Biff won't settle down because he hasn't found himself yet. Happy is having fun/getting the attention he never got when he was younger.
What is Happy's reaction to Willy's death?
Happy is angry that Willy committed suicide
, while Biff says that Willy “didn't know who he was.” Charley tells them that a salesman's life depends upon dreams. Happy is determined to fulfill Willy's dreams, but Biff plans to leave Brooklyn.
What is Willy's problem?
Willy's problem is his personality, or lack of it:
he's like a cancer within his family
. He refuses to see his weaknesses, blaming his son Biff for them instead. In sales, you accept you have weaknesses, but you work on them while playing to your strengths.
Is Linda responsible for Willy's failure?
The character of Linda Loman
can be held responsible for Willy's decline due to her contradictions
, the fact she is too protective/motherly towards him and restrains herself from stopping Willy from committing suicide.
For what does Linda criticize happy?
For what does Linda criticize Happy?
For being a Philanderer
.
What does Linda Loman symbolize?
She is contradictory to The Woman in certain respects. The Woman represents
materialistic, selfish desire and lust
, while Linda on the other hand, truly and unconditionally loves Willy.
Why does Biff come home in the spring?
Biff comes home to discover what is really important to him. He come home
so that he can leave home of his own accord
. He finally comes to terms with what he really wants in his own life and not what his father wants him to be. Spring is the season of the melting of ice, rebirth and new growth.
