Death of a Salesman introduces three interesting characters in the middle of Act I: Charley, Uncle Ben, and “the woman.” “The woman” is a figment of Willy’s imagination who pays strong reliance on her propriety and beauty. “The woman” represents his desires for Linda and in women in general. She represents his desires for a relationship, but when his wife does the same thing he grows incendiary towards her and pushes her away. An example of this is when Linda is making stockings, just like the woman in Willy’s imagination. When the woman of Willy’s dreams makes stockings, he thanks her ecstatically, but when Linda made stockings he accosted her, almost to a histrionic level. This might be due to the fact that Willy felt guilty of the fact that
