She displays blind devotion and love to her husband, this despite constant degradation and belittling she endures from Willy."Don't interrupt!"(661), "Will you stop!"(660), "Stop interrupting!"(660) Willy shouts at Linda. In this passage Linda's futile attempt to speak her mind is squashed repeatedly despite Linda's support of Willy's views. Smith writes, "Willy's repeated interruption of Linda's speech anticipates silencing of women by men." (Smith, Susan H.) Incapable of her own thoughts and opinions, Linda's character is relegated to a submissive wife of Willy. Despite this de-humanizing treatment from Willy, Linda asks, "Just rest, should I sing to you?"(661) Infinitely loving and devoted to her husband, Linda appears to possess no identity of her own. Moreover, when we examine Linda's dialog in the play, her only concern and preoccupation seems to be about the men in her life. Linda seems incapable of her own feelings, desires, anger, and frustrations. "She does not talk about herself, only about the men." (Smith, Susan). Smith reinforces this premise. As the play unravels before us, I'm constantly reminded of this seemingly stereotypical portrayal of Linda. Her sole purpose seems to be to agree with the men in her family and offer words of encouragement. "Isn't that wonderful!"(659), "Marvelous!"(660) She gleefully exclaims to her family."Her passive, attentive domesticity places her in direct subordination to Willy, Biff, and Happy." (Smith, Susan H.) Linda is stripped of her identity. It is as though her only function in the play is to provide an obligatory role of a wife and a mother as Miller saw fit but nothing more. Consider for a moment the monumental influence a mother has on her child. But in Linda's world, we see no indication of such maternal influence on Biff and Happy. They appear to have inherited only Willy's flawed teachings of life. Miller wants us to accept that Linda contributed virtually nothing in shaping Biff and Happy's personality and values.