Question: In the end, Miller protrays Linda as
<em>Options: </em>
a
) a loving and grieving widow.
b
) renewed and refreshed by optimism.
c
) finally sympathetic to Biff's plight.
d
) in complete denial about Willy's lies and misplaced values.
e
) a willing participant in her husband's delusions.
f
) a loving mother who did not deserve the hardships she had to undergo
g
) someone who deserved to be cheated on
h
) a liar, to herself and to her children
Answer: <em><u>The correct answer is option a) a loving and grieving widow.
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Explanation:
Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" has been described as an American tragedy. Linda Loman’s tragedy is reflected on her life. She always hopes that things will work out for the better but those hopes never come true. Linda never confronts Willy, her husband, about his suicidal tendencies or his delusional conversations with ghosts of the past. Instead, she has patience, loyalty, and an eternally submissive nature towards her husband, but at the end of the play she finds herself at Willy’s graveside, but she cannot cry. The long, slow tragic events in her life have drained out her tears. She finds herself with her so loved husband dead, her two sons with grudges, and the last payment on their house has been made but there’s no one in that house except her, a lonely old woman.
