In Death Of A Salesman, there are two major characters in the play that greatly contrast each other. Biff Loman and Bernard, these characters both serve as representations of their father’s ideals in life and how they perceive it. This is important to the play since it shows us how Willy Loman’s ideology on the American dream is superficial and unsuccessful for his son and for himself ultimately, forcing it on Biff. While Bernard's father Charley ideology is more realistic and successful for his son and for himself. Both Sons represent two sides of a coin one being ultimately successful in life while the other becoming a no good has-been bum who can’t even find his own identity. Biff Loman throughout his life is taught by his father that
