What Is The Mood Of The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie a memory play by Tennessee Williams, based in St. Louis, follows the Wingfields ( Tom, Laura and Amanda) on their unknown quest to finding their own reality outside of the gender and social boxes society has already put them in. The glass menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art. It’s art because it makes the reader put themselves in someone else’s shoes but in a way that they feel comfortable because they can relate to the actors struggles; it makes people fall in and out of love; it shows the readers what it’s like to be lost in the world and how they can be found; it makes a people hate and feel for the antagonist all in one scene. Art itself is defined and seen in many different ways. The Glass Menagerie shows
artistry because it is uses literary devices, imagery, symbols and the idea of memory to challenge people’s perception.
In scene 7 Laura the narrator’s sister is starting off her date with her gentleman caller Jim O’Connor in the dark. The lights went out and scene shifts to Laura and Jim on the floor by the sofa with a candle. The conversation is about high school. Laura starts by explaining her struggling with communication and making friends which she explains stemmed from her lack of confidence. Jim then responds to in an unexpected way on pg 781 lines 32-44 he says "I wish that you were my sister. I'd teach you to have some confidence in yourself. The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Because other people are not such wonderful people. They're one hundred times one thousand. You're one times one! They walk all over the earth. You just
stay here. They're common as - weeds, but - you - well, you're - Blue Roses!" This is unexpected because in society with gender roles men are supposed to be tough, strong and not have emotional feelings but in this scene the readers feel for Laura and Jim on an emotional level. Laura because anyone can relate to having confidence issues it’s something that people struggle with whether they choose to admit it or not and Jim because he’s right people shouldn’t be ashamed of being different it’s something that people hear often but don’t accept the reality of it. The art being portrayed in this scene is Laura and Jim’s interaction with each other and their relatable concepts. Tennessee Williams, expresses artistry in this play because it challenges people’s perception on gender roles by making the male the emotional provider for the female instead of the other way around.
In The glass Menagerie the narrator Tom discusses the meaning of movies and why people go to them he says in scene 4 lines 5-10 “People go to the movies instead of moving.” Tom always had a love for adventure and sense he couldn’t embark on one of his own he decided to start going to movies to experience a glimpse of life outside of the social norms of St.Louis in the 1900’s. Tennessee Williams shows artistry in this scene because It makes readers rethink the idea of why they go to the movies. Is it for entertainment or is it to go and experience all the things that their missing in their life. This scene also shows artistry because readers challenged their perceptions of movies.
“She lives in a world of her own – a world of – little glass ornaments…”Scene 3 lines 5-10.
In the The glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams uses The glass Menagerie, is a collection of small tiny fragile glass figurines of animals that Laura gravitate to for comfort throughout play. They play uses The Glass Menagerie The glass menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art because Tennessee Williams uses The Glass Menagerie as a symbol to represents a bigger picture seen throughout the play. The bigger than life picture is the fact the The Glass Menagerie represents Laura. For example the unicorn represented how Laura is different from everyone else. The fragile and delicateness of the animals appearance represents how Laura acts within her family because she is fragile and can easily be broken. And delicate because she is easily discouraged. This is art because instead of Williams using words, dialog and action to represent Laura’s feelings he using the Idea of The Glass Menagerie. This is also art because readers can relate to laura with the idea of The glass Menagerie because everyone is flagyl at some point in their lives. Readers feel for laura in her loneliness and it's art when you can connect your own person emotions into the minds of others.
There is also artistry in the way The Glass Menagerie is told.
The Glass Menagerie is told from Tom Wingfield's memory of events in his life, but the role of memory itself in the play represents the memories of Tennessee Williams. “Memory takes a lot of poetic licence. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart. The interior is therefore rather dim and poetic.” In the beginning of the play Tennessee Williams explains the glory of memory plays and what they represent. He explains how the telling of a person's memory is poetic in a way because readers get to place themselves in someone else’s memory, they become
them.
The Glass Menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art. They play allows the reader place themselves in lives of the characters. He uses symbols and and even the genre of the play to represent a different meaning of his life and society within the play. Art is all about connection and the relationship the artist uses in his art convey the heart and feeling of themselves into the minds of the reader. Tennessee Williams displays art in The glass Menagerie because he uses the the lives and experiences characters the go through to challenge people’s perception of society.