death, and Linda is also the link loved by both men.
This musical was set in the 1950-1960s, one of the reasons why Willy Russell wrote this
musical, was to show the contrast between a working class woman and a rich woman, he
cared very much about the woman rights and Willy Russell used this musical to support his
belief. Linda was one of those whom to be a working class woman, she is portrayed a poor,
uneducated and a hard working woman. Willy Russell invites us to judge Linda for ourselves
and encourages us to give out our own opinions about her.
Linda is such a significant character to Blood Brothers as what we see in her is a assertive
and loyal woman and comparing Linda to all those stereo typical ladies that have an affair,
Linda is nothing like them as when she was having an affair, she still cared for Mickey and
her child a lot, and this clearly shows loyalty. And this loyalty is quite important to the text as
a whole because it was very rare to see a person being loyal.
Linda was the main reason why Mickey and Edward died and in the musical the two deaths
of the two main important characters is one of the most key things of Blood Brothers, without
them dying the text would be left incomplete and left without the key features of the musical
‘superstitions’. Mrs. Lyons superstition came true at the end, which was that if Mickey or
either Edward find out they are blood brothers, they would die, but the real reason was Linda
and her role was being the two blood brothers love and dream.
Linda has also got a big role as she is the main characters wife (Mickey’s wife). And she also
takes good care of Mickey like a wife is meant to do as she tells Mickey to get off those pills
because she cares for him, “Mickey you don’t need your tablets!”…pg 76. This clearly tells
us that she wants Mickey to stop taking the tablets because it obviously shows Linda is
worried.
In conclusion, I think that Linda is an important character in
many different ways as I explained, such as becoming the reason of Mickey and Edward’s
death and also becoming he love of both of them. Willy Russell made the oppression that
Linda loved them differently in her own ways but yet she cared for both of them the same.
