The Glass Menagerie Literary Analysis Essay
The Glass Menagerie Literary Analysis Essay In Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” Amanda, Laura and Tom were affected detrimentally when Tom abandons his mother and sister to escape from his depressing and mundane life in Saint Louis to follow his dreams by sailing abroad with the Merchant Marines. Laura sacrifices her life as an eligible bachelorette because of her extreme shyness and lack of self confidence because of her disability. Amanda sacrificed her life as a southern belle by marrying a man who abandoned her and as a result lives in a poor neighborhood in Saint Louis. She also sacrifices to ensure that Laura would not become an old maid and tries to find a suitor for her daughter. Tom sacrifices his dreams of adventure and
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She lives in the past so she does not have to face the reality of the present. Amanda thinks that Tom does not sacrifice for the family and is selfish. She insists that the world is full of young men in offices factories and warehouses and that don’t need or look for adventure. She expects Tom to just do his job and provide for the family just like the typical gender role of a male who has to support his family. After Amanda found out that Laura dropped out of business school, she thought that marrying her daughter to a well to do man was Laura’s only alternative to escape from to escape from her current life. Even though Amanda expects much from Tom, her expectations for Laura are unreasonable. Tom and Laura have to deal with their mother always talking about her past and always telling them what to do. Amanda always tells her children about proper eating habits talking about how they should dress, how they talk and how they entertain guests. This is a result of Amanda wanting to live her past again
Laura escapes the harsh reality of her never being able to live a comfortable life by occupying herself with her glass collection also known by her mother as her glass menagerie. She also occupies herself by playing her victrola. Her mother demands much from her, enrolling her into business school and expecting her to have gentleman callers despite her introverted demeanor and her ailment which has caused her have no self
She lives in the past so she does not have to face the reality of the present. Amanda thinks that Tom does not sacrifice for the family and is selfish. She insists that the world is full of young men in offices factories and warehouses and that don’t need or look for adventure. She expects Tom to just do his job and provide for the family just like the typical gender role of a male who has to support his family. After Amanda found out that Laura dropped out of business school, she thought that marrying her daughter to a well to do man was Laura’s only alternative to escape from to escape from her current life. Even though Amanda expects much from Tom, her expectations for Laura are unreasonable. Tom and Laura have to deal with their mother always talking about her past and always telling them what to do. Amanda always tells her children about proper eating habits talking about how they should dress, how they talk and how they entertain guests. This is a result of Amanda wanting to live her past again
Laura escapes the harsh reality of her never being able to live a comfortable life by occupying herself with her glass collection also known by her mother as her glass menagerie. She also occupies herself by playing her victrola. Her mother demands much from her, enrolling her into business school and expecting her to have gentleman callers despite her introverted demeanor and her ailment which has caused her have no self