Research Paper on Drowning Ruth Judith K. St. Ores St. Mary’s University of Minnesota Academic Writing – CM330A Dr. Capper Nichols Research Paper on Drowning Ruth Author Christina Schultz was born in 1962 and grew up in Wisconsin near Pewaukee Lake in the southeast part of the state. Her father’s side of the family had lived there for generations. Her parents lived in a home originally constructed as a boat-house. The boat-house where she lived with her parents was located on her great-grandfather’s
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Menagerie In The Glass Menagerie‚ Tennessee Williams uses the theme of escape to help drive the play forward. None of the characters are capable of living in the real world. Laura‚ Amanda‚ Tom and Jim use various methods to escape the brutalities of life. Laura retreats into a world of glass animals and old records. Amanda is obsessed with living in her past. Tom escapes into his world of poetry writing and movies. Jim also reverts to his past and remembers the days when he was a high school hero. Mr
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actually attained in this film‚ however there was a desire from the mother‚ Amanda‚ for restoration. This movie is not a good depiction of restoration because no restoration actually takes place. A simple definition of restoration is putting things back to the way they were. Laura has always been aloof and crippled‚ and Tom never seemed to be interested in the reality in front of him so there is nothing to put back. Amanda is however trying to recreate her youth through the many reminiscing’s of her
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The Glass Menagerie’s Protagonist In “The Glass Menagerie‚” there were only three important characters but each of them held a very crucial part in the play. Even though Amanda And Laura were very important‚ I think Tom Wingfield was the protagonist. He had the most conflicts and the most scenes in the play. Tom Wingfield had a lot to do with the play. He was someone that the family couldn’t live without. Tom had internal and external conflicts. His internal conflict was that he had to make a
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like Tom’s mother Amanda Wingfield. Then there are human beings who enjoy keeping to themselves and quite frankly do not have dreams‚ just like Tom’s sister Laura Wingfield. In Williams’ The Glass Menagerie‚ the three main characters have their own life plans but are all derailed because of each other’s influence on one another. Tom‚ Laura and Amanda all want to escape in their own individual ways.
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body lay in it’s coffin‚ mouth opened in a silent cry‚ eyes stretched wide open as if gazing into an unknown horror. His half torn cheek was fringed with maggots. The gruesome sight sickened many who were very close to the once lively young man. Amanda sniffled‚ trying to hold back tears. She was grief ridden and hardly ate or slept anymore in fear of his memory haunting her behind closed eyelids. She bowed her head‚ hunched her shoulders‚ closed her eyes and lost herself in happier memories. Minutes
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Give evidences of this. Dawson felt madly in love with Amanda but he often felt guilty for killing Dr. David Bonner in the car accident. “Because you aren’t just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend‚ my best self‚ and I can’t imagine giving that up again.” –Dawson Cole “You might not understand
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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
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Whenever Amanda feels the need to escape the reality of the present she beings to reminisce on her past life. For instance in scene I of the play when they are eating dinner Amanda tells Laura to resume her seat because she wants her to stay fresh and pretty for the gentlemen callers (TGM.1.1.5-14). When Laura explains to her mother (Amanda) that she is not excepting anyone; Amanda tells her sometimes they come unexpected and start to recall a
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do not belong in society‚ they have very different views on how life should be. Firstly‚ Laura does not feel she belongs in society and often is isolated from reality. Secondly‚ Amanda believes that her daughter‚ Laura‚ should focus on finding gentlemen callers‚ for it is the most important part of life‚ but what Amanda does not realize is that the world is not the same as it was when she was growing up. Thirdly‚ Tom tries hard to ignore the reality of his life and make his life seem more interesting
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