Death of a Salesman (Bernard)

In Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller, Bernard is shown as a tremendously memorable pillowcase. Throughout the play, his contradictions to trailer, forgetful judgments of him and his parent- like temper are well presented. By using the fount, Miller tries to get under ones skin the clean-living messages and develops an attention grabbing plot First, Bernards contradictory character compared to puncher, comprises him memorable. Bernard is literally e reallything that Biff is not. Biff is a high school football star piece Bernard is just an ordinary and unpopular student.Biff is more than likely to be guilty while Bernard truly worries and being realistic about him. For instance, Bernard says Listen, Biff, I perceive Mr. Birnbaum say that if you dont start studyin math hes gonna flunk you, and you wont graduate. I heard him The quote shows Bernard is very aware of Biffs gloomy future and also somehow predicts substantially various futures of those two character s. The audiences may looking at a sense of relief toward Bernard as he is the only one, who actually shows the real world and eventually becomes happy than any separate characters in the play.By using the character Bernard, Miller tries to convey the message of success has got nothing to do with the glorious past. In fact, Biff fails to seek his own career and live a life that is totally opposing to Willys expectations. Furthermore, the fact that Bernard was one of the underdogs befuddles the character memorable. In the play, virtually of characters did not expect Bernard to be prosperous and used to mock him with his civilise outlooks. A good illustration of this is when Willy says Thats just what I stand for.Bernard mickle get the best marks in school, yunderstand, but when he gets out in the business world, yunderstand, you are going to be five times ahead of him. It clearly shows Willys pessimistic opinions to Bernards future. The phrase five times ahead also portrays Bernard is treated as a sort of failure which is the most unlikely word to pull out his future career. Mockeries about Bernard continue with other characters. For example, as he tries to chance Biff and teach him some math, Happy tauntingly says Lets box, Bernard He makes fun of Bernard by looking his overly academic attitude.Audiences feel a sense of sympathy toward Bernard due to harsh judgments on him. thus far as the play continues, they soon find out that Bernard is the only character who achieved triumph in the play. By using Bernards underrated pasts, Miller highlights the insignificance of sound judgment and prejudice. Willys huge astonishments to sophisticated Bernard also supports Millers message. Lastly, Bernards realistic characteristics make him memorable. In the play, he is one of the few unharmed people. Unlikely to unstable Willy, Bernard approach the world in a more realistic way.For example, he says Just because he printed University of Virginia on his sneake rs doesnt mean theyve got to graduate him. Uncle Willy The quote portrays Bernards sensible characteristics which attempts Biff to choose the adjust path. By mentioning Uncle Willy Bernard also tries to change Willys ignorant attitude towards poor academic achievements of his son as well as his impracticable exposition of success. His humble characteristics and giving some realistic advices to Willy also differentiate him from other characters. For instance, Bernard replies How are you?Good to see you. as Willy enters his office. It strongly contrasts with Howard ruthless treatments that Willy has received. The audiences in all likelihood feel impressed to Bernards warm and sensible personality. Those personalities technically make Bernard to perform a parental role instead of overly idealistic Willy who just expects unrealistic dreams to happen. To conclude, Millers wide use of Bernard make the character very significant and memorable, Miller also use this character to convey his moral messages of success and judgments to audiences.