Some of the troubles and worries we face today as working class individuals and together as a family were some of the same troubles faced by the people who lived in the past. One can relate to the feelings felt by these characters. Feelings of regret and sense of failure are things one may have experienced in life. These along with contradiction and lies are represented in the play "Death of a Salesman." This play expresses the way a person can have problems accepting change within him or herself. Life can be viewed from many aspects as it pertains to that person's point in life and what they've experienced. Linda Loman is a level headed loving wife, she appears to be a very sympathetic woman. She chose to marry a man who believed in the American dream to be successful and continues to stand by his side even with all his faults and is very forgiving. Linda loves her husband Willy greatly but she seems to be the enabling type when it comes to him. To be an enabler is not a great quality, it allows someone to continue on an unsteady path. It is her actions or lack of that enables this self destructive behavior in Willy. Linda is hard on her sons and blames them for Willy's emotional instability and ups and downs. In her own ways she tries to protect Willy from the criticism of others. Linda says to her oldest son Biff, “You can't just come to see me, because I love him. He's the dearest man in the world to me, and I won't have anyone making him feel unwanted and low and blue. You've got to make up your mind now, darling, there's no leeway any more. Either he's your father and you pay him respect, or else you're not to come here...." She says this because she notices that Willy gets worse when ever Biff comes back home, and she does not want anything bad to happen to her husband whom she loves and adores. This is a classic sign of her failing to realize the underlying problem; somewhat in denial of the whole situation. It's almost as