Negative Behavior In Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman

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(Miller, 1949, p. 26). When Willy told her to quit mending the stockings, she did as he said and put them away so he would be happy. However, Linda is not always the loving obedient wife we know her as.
Negative Behavior Linda does not always do the right things that a loving, obedient wife will do for their husband. Especially when she confesses to the boys that she found Willy’s pipe of death behind the fuse box, and was determined not to take it away from Willy (Miller, 1949, p. 42). She knew Willy had been trying to kill himself, but she could not find the courage to take the pipe away from Willy. If she knew he was trying to kill himself, then why did she not take the pipe away from him so he could not harm himself? Does she really love …show more content…
For starters, he did not tell Linda of Willy’s affair to save her from the pain, because she thought Willy loved her (Miller, 1949, p. 41). He knew his mother still loved Willy, and did not want her to bear the pain of a single mother trying to make it on her own when she has been so reliant on Willy for everything they needed. Biff knew it would be hard on her to support them, because this was a time when women did not work, and Linda would have no clue as to what to do to provide for them. Secondly, he did what was the right thing to do, and took Willy’s pipe of death away from him (Miller, 1949, p. 49). Linda knew about the pipe, but did nothing to prevent Willy from using it. Nonetheless, when Biff found the pipe, he took it and later confronted Willy about it to figure out why he was using it, and if he was using it to try and kill himself (Miller, 1949, p. 97). He loved his dad and wanted to make sure he did nothing to harm himself. Finally, Biff made peace with Willy, and explained everything he went through (Miller, 1949, pp. 97- 99). Biff knows his dads dying and wants to make things right between them. When Biff breaks down in front of Willy, Willy realized how much Biff cared about. However, this was not enough to prevent Willy from later killing himself (Miller, 1949, p. 101). Biff also did not lie to himself, and always knew what was right. He knew he was wasting his life, and did not try lie to himself to make himself think he was not (Miller, 1949, p. 13). Biff keeps everything truthful with himself, thus giving him the morality to make the right
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