Outline For The Glass Menagerie Essay
Glass Menagerie Outline 1
Summarizing Sentence: Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play.
I. Amanda begins the play with the first impression of being overprotective and critical of her children
A.In the play she appears to be a constantly worried about her families future.
1. She comes up with foolish ways to some how secure their lives.
a. She asks Tom to find Laura a gentle man at the factory B. Even as grown ups she would try to control them and teach them lessons
1.” Honey, don’t push with your fingers. If you have to push with something, the thing to push with is a crust of bread. And chew chew!” 2. Argues that Tom is spending to much of his time at the movies 3. Nags at him to help find someone for …show more content…
She uses Laura to relive her past when she was married to Mr. Wingfield 1. In her younger days, she was a typical Southern Belle, brought up in a genteel family and pampered by her seventeen beaux.
a. When Jim comes over for dinner her southern accent comes into play 2. she continuously repeats thestory of the "one Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain"
D. Amanda went from having it all to struggling to help her children succeeded so they could one day have a better life
1. She encouraged both her children to enroll in activities so that they could improve themselves
a. An example would be Laura attending business school 2. Amanda always tries to get Laura gentleman callers
II. After Laura is deeply hurt by her situation with Jim and after, Amanda consoles her daughter in a real motherly approach
A. Amanda then realizes in her attempt to help her daughter she has only hurt her and made her face reality
1. Jim gave her false hopes
2. She feels lonesome now more than ever before B. Amanda blames Tom for the whole thing
1. She thinks Tom has "played a wonderful joke" on her and Laura. 2. She thinks Tom purposely "had us make such fools of ourselves.”
C. She learns to accept not only her unsuccessful life but Laura’s as
Summarizing Sentence: Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play.
I. Amanda begins the play with the first impression of being overprotective and critical of her children
A.In the play she appears to be a constantly worried about her families future.
1. She comes up with foolish ways to some how secure their lives.
a. She asks Tom to find Laura a gentle man at the factory B. Even as grown ups she would try to control them and teach them lessons
1.” Honey, don’t push with your fingers. If you have to push with something, the thing to push with is a crust of bread. And chew chew!” 2. Argues that Tom is spending to much of his time at the movies 3. Nags at him to help find someone for …show more content…
She uses Laura to relive her past when she was married to Mr. Wingfield 1. In her younger days, she was a typical Southern Belle, brought up in a genteel family and pampered by her seventeen beaux.
a. When Jim comes over for dinner her southern accent comes into play 2. she continuously repeats thestory of the "one Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain"
D. Amanda went from having it all to struggling to help her children succeeded so they could one day have a better life
1. She encouraged both her children to enroll in activities so that they could improve themselves
a. An example would be Laura attending business school 2. Amanda always tries to get Laura gentleman callers
II. After Laura is deeply hurt by her situation with Jim and after, Amanda consoles her daughter in a real motherly approach
A. Amanda then realizes in her attempt to help her daughter she has only hurt her and made her face reality
1. Jim gave her false hopes
2. She feels lonesome now more than ever before B. Amanda blames Tom for the whole thing
1. She thinks Tom has "played a wonderful joke" on her and Laura. 2. She thinks Tom purposely "had us make such fools of ourselves.”
C. She learns to accept not only her unsuccessful life but Laura’s as