Comparing the Wifes Role in A Dolls House and Death of a Salesman Ess

The Wifes Role in A Dolls shack and termination of a Salesman A Dolls House (1879) and Death of a Salesman (1949) are plays written by Henric Ibsen and Henry moth miller respectively. And, although they were published in different centuries, and A Dolls House was written seventy years before than Death of a Salesman Noras portraiture of the wifes role is much more modern, liberal and less chauvinist than Lindas. Nora and Lindas master(prenominal) differences are reflected in their way of acting towards their husbands, their children and them selves how they each see life. To her husband, Linda is the faultless wife, she loves him despite knowledgeable he is only a sm tout ensemble man. She is ever worried about Willys health, and tries to protect him. She knows that many times Willy is wrong, but she is inefficient to face him just in case she hurts his feelings. She supports all his mad ideas knowing this will probably take him to his death. She is loyal and l oving, and is always on the priming defending him from their sons Biff and Happy. She expresses all this feelings in Act 1, when she utters, I dont say hes a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His come to was never in the paper. Hes not the finest character that ever lived. But hes a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attending must be paid. Hes not to be allowed to fall into his grave resembling an old dog. On the other hand Nora doesnt love her husband, but she doesnt beget conscious of this until the end of the play when she discovers she has been sustenance a lie all her life. As Linda, she is worried about her husbands health, but instead of just ceremonial occasion she confronts him, acting behind his back, knowing that she ma... ...who keeps it attached together but she is cipher without her husband. Nora is not of the family she is more modern and independent, moreover her family is totally broken apart. In concl usion, we can see that nor Linda, nor Nora are happy with their situation. Linda is incapable of expressing herself and confronting her husband then her husband ends up dead. And Nora has never had real love and has always been living a lie, but she realises this too late, and now she has to reinvent herself. Works Consulted Corrigan, R.W. (ed.) Arthur Miller A Collection Of Critical Essays. Prentice-Hall, NJ 1969. Ibsen, Henrik. Four Major Plays A Doll House, the Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder. New York New American Library, 1992. Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Gerald Weales, ed. New York Penguin, 1996