Role of Women in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman Essays -- Death

Role of Women in Arthur Millers closing of a Salesman finale of a Salesman is of course most a salesman, but it is also about the American dream of success. Somewhere in between the narrowest topic, the death of a salesman, and the largest topic, the examination of American values, is Millers picture of the American family. This paper go away in the main study one member of the family, Willys wife, Linda Loman, but before examining Millers depiction of her, it will look at Millers depiction of other women in the play in order to make clear Lindas distinctive traits. We will see that although her parting in society is extremely limited, she is an admirable figure, fulfilling the roles of wife and mother with rummy intelligence. Linda is the only woman who is on stage much of the time, but in that location are several other women in the play the Woman (the unidentified woman in Willys hotel room), Miss Forsythe and her friend Letta (the two women who join the brothers in the restaurant), Jenny (Charleys secretary), the various women that the brothers talk about, and the voices of Howards daughter and wife. We also hear a little about Willys mother. We will look first at the to the lowest degree important, but not utterly unimportant, of these, the voices of according t... ...n French. Deland, Florida Everett/Edwards, 1969. 273-83. Koon, Helene Wickham, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Death of a Salesman. Englewood Cliffs, juvenile Jersey Prentice, 1983. Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Literature. Ed. Sylvan Bates New York Longman, 1997. 1163-1231. Parker, Brian. Point of View in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman. University of Toronto Quarterly 35 (1966) 144-47. Rpt. in Koon. 41-55 Stanton, Kay. Women and the American Dream of Death of a Salesman. Feminist Readings of American Drama. Ed. Judith Schlueter. Rutherford, New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1989. 67-102.