Death Of A Salesman Morality

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In the story “The Death of a Salesman,” morality is what one may be looking for when reading this play. It is filled with lies and abuse from all four of the main characters, Willy, Linda, Biff, and Happy. However, if there were on character that would the ‘most moral,’ it would be Linda, Willy’s wife. While Linda does indeed make some questionable mistake throughout the entire play, they are nowhere near as bad as some of the others. Linda is portrayed as a ‘common household wife’ in the fifties to sixties, where the time period of this story took place. She held her own spot and did as she wanted, while listening to the others as well. Linda may not be perfect, but she is certainly more morale than the other three.

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Willy died the death of a salesman also, just not in the same fashion. Willy did not have any green, velvet slippers, nor was he in a smoker. Willy died doing what he loved, being a salesman. There were four people in the Loman family, Willy (the father), Linda (Willy’s wife), Biff (their oldest child), and Happy (their youngest child). Out of the four family members, I would say the most moral is Linda, Willy’s wife. Morality is conforming to the rules of right conduct (Dictionary.com, n.p). Being moral is relating to the principles of right and wrong behavior and being able to differ from the two (Merriam Dictionary, n.p.). Throughout the play, most characters did not show signs of good morality. They each had their own flaws they brought to the table, however, Linda had the least amount. Linda Loman is the most morale and there are three points to why I think …show more content…
Willy works hard to provide for his family, even though he does not like his job very much. He works hard and makes sure his family is happy. He is not a good salesperson because he does not have a very likable personality but he tries his best. Driving from town to town stressed Willy out and he asks for a job in the city so he can be closer to his family on pages fifty-two through sixty. However, Bernard, his boss, cannoy give him a job due to no space. Willy tries to keep his family happy whenever he can, even if it means he is not happy. He is proud and supportive of his family, and he usually has his best interests at heart, such as when Biff played football and he wanted to go his championship game on pages forty-eight through sixty-four. However, Willy kept saying that Biff played football at Ebbet’s Field, which was the Brooklyn Dodgers professional baseball field before it was demolished in 1960.Willy told Charley where he was going to see Biff play and Charley started yelling out baseball phrases, on pages sixty-two through sixty-four. At first, Charley said “Ebbets Field blew up” on page sixty-four, which it did in 1960. However, if the game happened before 1960 and Willy was remembering it, in present day, and acting like it was that day, it would make sense why Willy was confusing everyone. This could be one of the moments Willy was confusing reality and the past. This could possibly
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