In the early 1900’s, the woman's role was to stay home, clean and take care of the children. Arthur Miller illustrated the life of the average woman in the 1900’s with the character Linda in Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York in 1915. Arthur Miller’s father owned a clothing company that employed four hundred people, but after the wall street crash his family lost everything and moved to Brooklyn. After graduating in 1932, Miller worked in several small jobs to pay for his tuition, While in college at the University of Michigan he majored in Journalism worked for the student paper. Arthur Millers early career started after his graduation, he wrote The Man Who Had All The Luck in 1940 which won the Theatre Guild’s National Award, In 1946 Miller’s play All My Sons won Him his first Tony Award. In 1948 he wrote Death of A Salesman won him another Tony Award, the New York Drama Circle Critics’ Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Death of A Salesman is the story of Willy Loman and the struggles he faces trying to achieve the “American Dream”, not only for him but for his sons. Willy wants to have a perfect family and a perfect life, but his family and life are know where near perfect which causes him to go into depression and want to kill him self. Due to Willy’s many desperate attempts at suicide he starts to lose his mind, start talking to himself and have flash backs. After Willy’s sons Happy and Biff are turned down for a loan Willy finally goes through with taking his life, and leaves his family with the insurance money to pay of debts so they can live a better life. Willy’s wife Linda plays the submissive role, and just leaves Willy in his own hands. In Death of A Salesman linda represents the...
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...f course someones going to want to kill them self if there own wife cant give them a reason for living, or conversate with about their issues. Except for making Willy feel like a man Linda made Willy feel like he was alone. Linda represents women of the early 1900’s because she was loyal, Submissive, and she protected her husbands feelings. Many women today would see this as outrageous but as times change so the the places that women hold in social status, at least in america that is.
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In the 1920's women's roles were soon starting to change. After World War One it was called the "Jazz Age", known for new music and dancing styles. It was also known as the "Golden Twenties" or "Roaring Twenties" and everyone seemed to have money. Both single and married women we earning higher- paying jobs. Women were much more than just staying home with their kids and doing house work. They become independent both financially and literally. Women also earned the right to vote in 1920 after the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted. They worked hard for the same or greater equality as men and while all this was going on they also brought out a new style known as the flapper. All this brought them much much closer to their goal.
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As a struggling salesman, Willy does not achieve the success and attention that he desires; consequently, he subjugates the women involved in his life by claiming superiority over Linda and involving himself in affairs to cope for the disappointments of himself. Wi...
The excerpt I read from “Death of a Salesman”, informs us that Linda Loman has a significate role in Arthur Miller’s play. In this play, Arthur Miller does an amazing job of building Linda’s character through her words and actions.
Feminism has growth over the decades, first they explain who they are fought for us (women), now they are fighting for themselves.
As history continues to form, it is easy to forget the struggles women have faced. In the early 1900’s a new generation of women began to flourish. Issues such as women’s suffrage, women in the work force, and hope of equality began to rise and mingle in the air overpowered by men. Women started exploring their role in society as beneficial contributors. They began to speak their minds, many finding their voice amongst literature. Willa Cather was amongst one of the many flourishing women authors. Born in 1873 Cather grew up just in time to immerse her soul in writing. Her writing eloquently captivated the changing society, in which she was living. Cather went on to write several novels, and in 1923 she wrote, A Lost Lady, casting an idolized women as the main character, Marina Forrester. The relationships between Marian Forrester and dominant male characters in Willa Cather’s novel, A Lost Lady, demonstrates the strong influential hold men had on women during early 1900’s.
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“Women’s roles were constantly changing and have not stopped still to this day.” In the early 1900s many people expected women to be stay at home moms and let the husbands support them. But this all changes in the 1920s, women got the right to vote and began working from the result of work they have done in the war. Altogether in the 1920s women's roles have changed drastically.
Linda’s strongest objection is “why must everybody conquer the world?” as she sees no value in “cut-throat competition”(Stanton). Linda also heightens his ego by telling him he is “doing well enough” and is “well liked” (Miller, 65). Above all, her strongest “supporting points are Willy’s own statements about his career fed back to him” (Stanton). Although Willy finds the offer tempting, he refuses the offer after Linda makes reference to Dave Singleman, who Willy idolizes. Dave Singleman, without ever leaving his hotel room, conducted a successful sales career and Willy strongly believes in his method. Linda indirectly takes advantage of Willy’s unworthy assurance in Singleman. When Willy developed the idea that he would never retire he assumed he didn’t have to worry about the future therefore, there would be no reason to go to Alaska. Linda presumed that by
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