he tells her that he is previously engaged to a girl named Betty‚ whom he has “strings to” and Jim therefore has to leave. Amanda gets angry at Tom for not questioning Jim’s status before he visited‚ calling him a “manufacturer of illusions”. Then‚ Tom angrily bursts out and leaves the house. He leaves to work for the Merchant Navy and the play closes with Tom seeing a “mime” of Amanda and Laura eating dinner together‚ he says goodbye to Laura‚ she blows out the candle and the play ends. 2. Themes
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The figure of women in Tennessee Williams’ work Analysis of the Glass Managerie‚ A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll. “If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it” stated Tennessee Williams in the preface of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Motter Inge (1957). Tennessee Williams has never denied that literature was for him a kind of psychoanalysis. In particular‚ it seems that the evocation of women through his work reveals a lot about his personality
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Blue Mountain – your mother received – seventeen! – gentlemen callers! Why‚ sometimes there weren’t enough chairs to accommodate them all. We had to send the nigger over to bring in folding chairs from the parish house." (1.21‚ Amanda). In this quote‚ it is made clear that Amanda sees a woman’s worth bases on her attention from men. Laura has a hard time getting attention from men‚ because she does not care to seek it. “Well you built up a world of magic / Because your real
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The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams Describe the character of Amanda… How does she behave and how has her life changed (present/past)? Amanda Wingfield is Laura’s and Tom’s mother. When she was young‚ she lived in the South of America where there were lots of plantations. In the past‚ South America was the aristocratic environment per excellence and Amanda comes from an aristocratic background. She has great memories of her youth. She really liked living there and she can’t stop talking
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Assignment 26 April 2012 The article I read was called ‘Through the Soundproof Glass’: The Prison of Self Conciousness in “The Glass Menagerie.” By the title alone‚ I had an idea that this was going to be an article trying to prove that because of Amanda‚ a selfish woman who desperately exploited that motherhood to her was a means of reliving “the legend of her youth‚” (1) had a direct impact on the self conscious minds of her children. She often talked about her popularity in the past‚ and how “she
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On September 7‚ 2012‚ Amanda Todd posted a 9-minute YouTube video entitled “My Story: Struggling‚ Bullying‚ Suicide and Self Harm‚” which showed her using flash cards to reveal her experiences of being bullied. During the video‚ Amanda writes that when she was in seventh grade‚ she once used video chat to meet new people over the Internet and soon began receiving compliments on her looks. A stranger convinced Amanda to flash her breasts on camera. The stranger later blackmailed her with threats to
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Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie recounts a beautiful story about a single mother and her family struggling to make a living during the depression. Amanda‚ a single mother‚ viewed as a hopeless romantic woman longing to find a husband for her oldest child. Laura‚ the oldest child‚ was a quite‚ imaginative women who admired the small things in life. Tom‚ the main support for the family‚ was written as a powerful young man with different opinions and ways of living than society would accept
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prominent stars: Vilma Santos‚ Christopher De Leon‚ Piolo Pascual‚ Marvin Agustin‚ Carlos Agassi‚ Danilo Barrios‚ and John Wayne Sace. Set in the ‘70s in Urban Metro Manila. This is a story revolving around a rotation of drama between a married couple (Amanda and Julian) and their five growing boys who have witnessed the shaping of the decade‚ and their growing involvement in the country’s politics. It details the struggles and the changes that the people have to face under Marcos’regime in his proclamation
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With the help of Patrick‚ he is able to use his status as a private investigator to get information from his local contacts. He finds out Helene was not at home when Amanda was abducted‚ but was in fact snorting cocaine at a local bar with her boyfriend Skinny Ray. Further information is discovered that Helene and Ray had brought Amanda with them on a drug run into New Hampshire. The police raided their accomplices‚ leaving the three with the money. Helene tells her boss‚ the Haitan drug lord Cheese
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and community mobility. Also to provide the patient with education to help prevent another stroke. To abide by the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) code of Professional Conduct (2002) on confidentiality the patient will be referred to as Amanda. Amanda was a 56 years old lady‚ who lived with her husband. She had four children. She smoked 20-30 cigarettes a day for the 25 years and drinks alcohol occasionally. Her past medical
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