When Linda was mending her stockings in the kitchen, Willy violently grabbed the stockings and threw them out because of the guilt that they carry as Willy promised the woman stockings. The guilt that Willy carries with the stocking also involves Biff. Biff went to find Willy in Boston to ask him to persuade Mr.Birnbaum to pass Biff in math class and Biff saw the woman in Willy’s room. This is also a factor of the poor relationship that Biff and Willy have as when Biff left, he burned his shoes with the University of Virginia written on it. Therefore, stockings symbolize