reality. Williams ’ use of symbols adds depth to the play. The glass menagerie itself is a symbol Williams uses to represent the broken lives of Amanda‚ Laura and Tom Wingfield and their inability to live in the present. The glass menagerie symbolizes Amanda Wingfield ’s overwhelming need to cling to her past and her fulfilled fear of being alone. Amanda resents the poverty-stricken neighborhood in which she lives so much that she needs to mentally escape from it by invented romance and self-deception
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of androgynous plants‚ the earth would be surrounded by six moons ‚ the oceans would lose their salt and become lemonade‚ and every woman would have at least four lovers simultaneously. In 1841 the brook farm was established by George and Sophia Ripley in West Roxbury‚ Massachusetts. The Brook Farm became one of the most famous attempts at Utopian living. It was closely affiliated with the Transcendentalist movement‚ these farmer-intellectuals tried to hew a modest living out of the wilderness.
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with nature are interdependent‚ and that in order for man to live a fulfilled life he must respect nature. Although it is hard to determine exactly when transcendentalism began‚ a probable date is September 19‚ 1836 (Hankins‚ 23)‚ when George Ripley‚ a Unitarian minister from Boston called a meeting with his friends: Bronson Alcott‚ Orestes Brownson‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Frederic Hedge‚ Convers Francis‚ and James Freeman Clarke. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the flaws of Unitarianism
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Therefore‚ the pull of the moon causes tides and these tides produce waves. Waves are the forward movement of the ocean’s water due to the oscillation of water particles by frictional drag. Waves can also vary in size and strength based on wind speed (B. Amanda). When people are considering waves‚ it is important to
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Hierarchy and Associate In accordance to Maslow’s hierarchy‚ Amanda Shank’s former employers failed to meet many of her motivational needs. Currently‚ Amanda is the assistant store leader at Flight 001 and she is highly motivated and dedicated to her place of employment (Motivating Employees‚ pg.1-2). Maslow’s hierarchy of motivational needs break down into five groups of importance (Griffin‚ 2011‚ pg. 512). The needs that apply to Amanda are belongingness‚ esteem‚ and self-actualization; moreover
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Menagerie‚ Amanda Wingfield was left by her husband many years ago‚ which made her a single mother.
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to say but yes because his daughter would not even talk to him. He did not know that his daughter and her 19 year old friend Amanda were Shor 2 going to follow a U2 concert tour all over Europe. He was convinced that they were going to live at Amanda’s cousin’s house‚ which was true but did not mention that the cousins were out of town. Before they Kim and Amanda left to France‚ it was Kim’s birthday and Brian gave her an expensive karaoke machine because Kim’s dream was to become a singer
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perspectives of suffering families against the difficulties faced by the government in trying to do the “right” thing which is giving them money. “The charts‚ while functional‚ are brutal‚ crystallizing how readily the legal system commodities life” (Ripley). There are charts made up by government which is used to determine the amount of money each family will receive by the tragedy. The chart tried to be helpful but it’s not. It makes people disregard the true value of life. Money is not everything;
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Tennessee Williams Williams writing seemed to “flourished off of controversy” (Falk 28). He began writing at the age of fourteen as an escape from bullies and the abusive relationship he had with his father. He began as a poet and would always consider himself a poet. Williams often laced his work with poetic verses and simple rhymes to make the words flow with ease. Inspiration for Williams’ play came from his own life. Often‚ he uses the character‚ the “southern gentleman who can not cope
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Violet- Violet in one of the two main character in this novel. She was one of the most popular students and cheerleaders at her school. Unlike herself absorbed friends‚ she was thoughtful creative and well read. She offers like to quote Virgina Woods‚ an author. She created and managed a successful website alongside her older sister. She even had ambitions to go to NYU to peruse her love for writing. This all went down the drain after a car accident which she lost her sister Eleanor. When she
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