In the play, Linda Loman is a kind and caring wife of Willy. She is a type of character where she refuses to see beyond Willy’s lies and protect him instead. I think that Linda tries to understand Willy but at times she doesn’t get the big picture of Willy’s life. She doesn’t know about his finances, job, or his affair with another woman. In the play, at times I would say Linda is a submissive wife and mother. Linda is somewhat like a submissive wife because she doesn’t know why she defends her husband’s behavior even when he lashes out at her. For example, in the play, Willy and Biff get into a fight and Linda tries to defend both sides but Willy tells Linda to shut up and doesn’t let her talk. I think that Linda lets Willy yell at her that way because she has always been treated like this by Willy. Another thing that lets the reader know that Linda is a caring mother is that she expresses concern over Biffs’ poor grades in math. She also wants to make Biff change and be a better person by not trying to be aggressive around Willy and to not have a tendency to steal from others. For example, unlike Willy when Biff steals a football from the school’s locker room, Willy tells Biff to go return it. However, Willy gives in and tells Biff to keep it to practice and that the football coach won’t mind. When I think of if Linda has a realistic view of her sons, I see that it is not realistic. Linda wants her sons to do well in school and give attention to their father. However, Biff and Happy don’t give much attention to their father. They only care about money and getting girls and could care less about their father’s problems. For example, Biff and Happy decide to take Willy out to a restaurant for dinner. As they are just sitting down, Biff and Happy decide to go out with two women they met at the restaurant. They stormed out and left their father there alone and showing