Answer and Explanation:
Even though your question does not mention the book or story which it concerns, we may assume it is about the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, since the three characters in the story are the narrator, his wife, and her blind friend.
The narrator's initial feelings toward the blind man, Robert, are permeated with prejudice. He sees himself as superior simply because he can "see". He thinks of Robert as an incomplete man, a man who cannot be happy nor make a woman happy. He treats Robert as if his presence were an nuisance, as if a blind man were the worst company one could have. He also thinks it is an absurd for Robert to have a full beard and not wear dark sunglasses, just like a normal non-blind person.
We can quickly tell the one who truly has an impairment is the narrator himself. He certainly can see with his eyes; he is not physically blind. But he cannot go beyond that. He does not truly "see". Robert knows the narrator's wife much better than the narrator does. Robert sees more, because he listens, because he learns, because he is willing to not judge. The narrator's relationship with other people and even himself is one of appearances, shallow and judgmental.
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.
The idea the writer wishes to convey about the subject—the writer's view of the world or a revelation about human nature. To identify the theme, be sure that you've first identified the story's plot, the way the story uses characterization, and the primary conflict in the story :)