Every time he sees her mending, it reminds him that he buys expensive stockings for his mistress when his wife cannot afford new ones. The next idea of LindaвЂ™s stockings is a reminder for Willy. Linda has little personal initiative, and she is afraid to argue with Willy, so she does what she can to help Willy maintain the facade of their success. When he commands her to throw her stockings away вЂ“ вЂњI wonвЂ™t have you mending stockings in the house! Now throw them out!вЂќ (Miller 39) вЂ“ she pretends to do just that, but instead вЂњputs the stockings in the pocketвЂќ (Miller 39), implying that she will continue later to mend and use them.

She is WillyвЂ™s loyal wife who has made many sacrifices in order to sustain him she never complains about their financial status and leads Willy to think that she obeys all his wishes. The second idea expressed by the mention of LindaвЂ™s stockings is her personality. She also mends other clothes at home, such as вЂњthe lining of WillyвЂ™s jacketвЂќ (Miller 53). She cannot afford to buy a new pair because вЂњtheyвЂ™re so expensiveвЂќ (Miller 39). The fact that Linda is always darning her stockings shows how poor they have been all their lives. The first example of this motif is LindaвЂ™s stockings, which are mentioned three times in the play: twice in the first act when WillyвЂ™s memories about the past visit him and once in the second act when Willy and Linda have conversation about the future.

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