Charley and Bernard Flashcards

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Who is Charley?

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Charley is a successful business man who acts as a foil to Willy

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What is a foil?

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A foil is where characteristics contrast that of the main protagonist

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Who is Bernard?

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Bernard is a serious, studious and ambitious character, who idolised Biff in his teenage years

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How does Willy act towards Charley?

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He is jealous of Charley and he only seems appreciative of what he’s done for him once

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How does Willy describe Charley?

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As “liked, but he’s not- well liked”, which is contradictory as he is successful and protects Willy with money

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What does Charley giving Willy money say about his character?

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He is a good man with common sense, despite him having personal failings and not “being able to put up a ceiling” as Willy states

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What is Charley’s view of Biff and Willy’s relationship?

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Bernard and Charley both know that Biff is the root of Willy’s unhappiness and Charley suggests Willy should forget about Biff

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“When a deposit bottle is broken…”

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“… You don’t get your nickel back”

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What are Charley and Bernard representative of?

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A normal relationship and the contrast of Willy and Biff’s. They have great achievements though don’t brag about them, which contrasts the Loman’s arguing stories of success

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How does Bernard contrast Biff in mobile concurrency?

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He tries to persuade Biff to study for maths, though Willy calls him an “anaemic”, meaning weak and feeble

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What prediction of Willy’s is never fulfilled in relation to Biff and Bernard?

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“But when he gets out in the business world, your going to be 5x ahead of him”

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