Despite her best intentions, Linda Loman acts as an enabler to not only Willy but also her two sons. Linda’s passive ways will ultimately lead to poor Willy’s demise. She allows them to live in a fantasy world as long as their happy. She never forces the boys to face the cold hard facts and face their obvious shortcomings. Although Linda is just trying to keep the family together and stable she actually causes more harm than she realizes.
At the beginning of the play we already see the way Linda enables Willy. During one of his many daydream lapses he claims that he made two hundred and twelve dollars, which means a lot to Linda given the fact that money was tight. But when Willy realizes that she's going to expect this amount of money he …show more content…
She asks him what had happened; concerned that he had smashed up the car again. Willy explains to her that he had simply forgotten he was driving. He was thinking about Biff and his football days. When he tells Linda that he started veering off the road she makes every excuse she could possibly think of. She said, “Oh. Maybe it was the steering again. I don't think Angelo knows the studebaker.”(Miller page 13) Even after Willy tells her it was his own fault she continues to make excuses for him. She won’t let him admit that he made a mistake and was wrong. Linda continuously enables Willy to make mistakes and act in erratic …show more content…
“Linda chastises her sins for not being more attentive and understanding.” (plays.about.com) She puts all of the blame on Biff and Happy. She thinks that the boys had forgotten about Willy when they ran off with their own lives. Had they stuck around and saw what was becoming of them things may have turned out differently, at least that’s how Linda views it. “Linda is always harsh on her sons.”(Shmoop Editorial Team) She never actually forces Willy or herself to face the problems in the house. She instead chooses to put the blame on everyone else except herself, further enabling Willy’s crazy
At the beginning of the play we already see the way Linda enables Willy. During one of his many daydream lapses he claims that he made two hundred and twelve dollars, which means a lot to Linda given the fact that money was tight. But when Willy realizes that she's going to expect this amount of money he …show more content…
She asks him what had happened; concerned that he had smashed up the car again. Willy explains to her that he had simply forgotten he was driving. He was thinking about Biff and his football days. When he tells Linda that he started veering off the road she makes every excuse she could possibly think of. She said, “Oh. Maybe it was the steering again. I don't think Angelo knows the studebaker.”(Miller page 13) Even after Willy tells her it was his own fault she continues to make excuses for him. She won’t let him admit that he made a mistake and was wrong. Linda continuously enables Willy to make mistakes and act in erratic …show more content…
“Linda chastises her sins for not being more attentive and understanding.” (plays.about.com) She puts all of the blame on Biff and Happy. She thinks that the boys had forgotten about Willy when they ran off with their own lives. Had they stuck around and saw what was becoming of them things may have turned out differently, at least that’s how Linda views it. “Linda is always harsh on her sons.”(Shmoop Editorial Team) She never actually forces Willy or herself to face the problems in the house. She instead chooses to put the blame on everyone else except herself, further enabling Willy’s crazy