Salesman‚ we see the small (but present) friendship of Biff and Bernard. Biff is a football superstar‚ with scholarships lined up and friends galore. Bernard‚ his neighbour and childhood friend‚ is very much a book worm who decides to focus his time on his academics and unfortunately‚ doesn’t have many friends. Bernard had always idolized Biff throughout high school for his undeniable talent and charisma. On many occasions Bernard would offer to help Biff through his weaknesses by holding him accountable
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were expecting our first son‚ Biff. Willy really looked up to his son Biff. He had high expectations and hopes for him. He wanted Biff to live the America dream; which to Willy
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Willy’s superficial understanding of the American dream leads to insecurities and false hopes for himself and his sons Biff and Happy who also have a warped interpretations. The Death of a
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This is your life‚ Biff Loman I: Interviewer B: Biff C: The couch Be: Bernard W: Women I: Welcome to the “This is Your Life‚ Biff Loman!” TV show‚ we are interviewing Bill Loman from “A Death of a Salesman” about the occurrences in his life and his realisation of many pivotal events which caused his revelations. (Audience clapping) I: In the originally we see that Biff eventually succumbs to his father’s tactics – with fateful consequences‚ however the discovery that Willy has a mistress
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Biff is the eldest of Willy’s two sons. He is an attractive man‚ even though he is labeled as a failure in life. When Biff was in high school he was the star football player which won him several scholarships. Unfortunately‚ he wasn’t able to continue his education because he failed his math class. He also started stealing things while he was in hight school and was never reprimanded for it. In fact‚ when he stole the balls from the locker room‚ Willy excuses the behavior by saying that the coach
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Will cuts her off‚ yells at her and does not let her talks or expresses her own opinions‚ and this happens repeatedly that their son‚ Biff has to come in the middle to stops Willy and makes it right for his mom: “Willy: What’re you takin’ over this house? Linda: Willy – Willy‚ turning on her: Don’t take his side all the time‚ goddammit! Biff‚ furiously: Stop yelling at her!” (Page: 65) Willy clearly has no respect for Linda at all. He doesn’t let Linda states her opinions‚ yells at her‚
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Assignment 3 Biff Loman: Son‚ brother‚ tragic hero. Biff Loman can be considered to be Arthur Miller’s best candidate for a tragic hero in the play Death of a Salesman. He fits the criteria more than his father Willy and his brother Hap. Biff starts off in a rut‚ but by the end of the story he evolves. He not only realizes who he is‚ he becomes at peace with it. Things that make Biff a tragic hero are that he is noble‚ possess a flaw‚ and he experiences a realization of why he is suffering. Biff‚ though
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by Arthur Miller‚ Bernard is shown as a tremendously memorable character. Throughout the play‚ his contradictions to Biff‚ poor judgments of him and his parent- like personality are well presented. By using the character‚ Miller tries to convey the moral messages and develops an attention grabbing plot First‚ Bernard’s contradictory character compared to Biff‚ makes him memorable. Bernard is literally everything that Biff is not. Biff is a high school football star while Bernard is just an ordinary
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Year 12 An analysis of the character of Biff. Biff Loman is portrayed as the root of Willy’s mental illness and instability. He is also the only member of his family who acknowledges his own failures in life. On the whole‚ Biff Loman stands out as the most intriguing and strong character in “Death of a Salesman. He is not a successful man and never will be‚ he is however able to admit this‚ even in a harsh society as the one of the 1960s America. Biff knows he is a “nothing” and tries to make
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Bernard of Clairvaux Appellation: Cistercian monk and mystic‚ founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux‚ preacher‚ and Doctor of the Church Born: Fontaine-lès-Dijon‚ France‚ 1090 Died: August 20‚ 1153 in Clairvaux‚ France Canonized: January 18‚ 1174 Feast Day: August 20 Death: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux died at the age of sixty – three on August 20‚ 1153 after spending forty years in the cloister. The deaths of his contemporaries served as a warning to Bernard. The first to die was Suger
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