The Role of the Character Bamforth and How he Changes in the Play The Long and the Short and the Tall by Willis Hall
Private Bamforth is an arrogant soldier from London who pays no
respect to authority. He is racist, well educated, aggressive, and
seeks argument wherever possible. Bamforth stands out in the patrol as
he always hopes to be the center of attention and nearly participates
in every single conversation.
In the first part of the play, the author uses Bamforth to induce
humour into the drama. Bamforth stands out with his arrogance,
thoughtfulness and argumentativeness. Even before he speaks, Bamforth
informs the reader that he has problems with authority. The first
thing he does when the patrol gets into the hut is to "shrug off his
pack, place it as a pillow and make himself comfortable". This is done
deliberately, seeking confrontation with Johnstone. He is not
intimidated by Johnstone's authority and continues to fake ignorance
of Johnstone's fury. Johnstone demands that he "get on his feet" and
ordered Bamforth to put his pack on his back, he "heaves (suggesting
slow, sluggish movement contrasted by Johnstone's fiery impatience)
his pack on to one shoulder (emphasis of disobedience as pack not put
on properly)". In the same conversation, Mitchem suggested that he
obey orders, Bamforth intentionally describes the superiors as "nits"
and speaks "under his breathe" while making sure he has the whole
patrol's awareness of his words to suggest utter disrespect. He
justifies this tone by saying he "was only coughing". When Macleish
was in charge later in the play, Bamforth elegantly displays his
intelligence, humour and quic...
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... Halls to the audience. The
realities of war are to do something one does not believe in, to
follow orders without question. War is conflict and isolation. The
Japanese soldier does not want to die, but much of the audience will
not care about one who doesn't even know English properly and does not
speak a word during the whole play, inducing Bamforth to oppose his
death greatly emphasizes the significance of his death. The whole
patrol's opposition towards him again conveys conflict. The Japanese
soldier's inability to talk and the state of the patrol being
surrounded by each of their enemies conveys isolation. His presence
represents conflict between humanity and necessity. In the end both
are lost, the Japanese prisoner dies, but neither can Mitchem save the
patrol conveying the violence and cold-bloodedness of war.
the play. It looks at the person he is and the person he becomes. It
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