111 Amanda Wingfield: A Woman of the Past The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play about a family filled with characters who view time and their lives very differently. Tom lives his life very much in the present while his sister Laura lives her life barely at all. Then‚ there is their mother Amanda. Amanda almost lives her life I denial‚ not as much as Laura though of course. She perceives time in a unique way by never actually living in the moment that she is currently in. Amanda is
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a play that unfolds from three central characters known as Amanda‚ Laura‚ and Tom Wingfield. Each member of the Wingfield family is unable to overcome the difficulty of accepting reality. The writer of the play has shaped many prominent themes that are evident while reading the play or while the play is actually in performance. The most evident of them all is the difficulty the characters have in accepting reality. Amanda Wingfield is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is a troubled woman who
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one hand‚ he reads literature‚ writes poetry‚ and dreams of escape‚ adventure‚ and higher things. On the other‚ he seems connected to the dirty‚ petty world of the Wingfield household. All we learn is what he thinks about his mother‚ his sister‚ and his warehouse job—the things from which he wants to escape. Tom’s attitude toward Amanda and Laura is perplexing. Even though he obviously cares for
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Wingfield‚ the absent father of Tom and Laura and husband to the shrewish Amanda‚ is referred to often throughout the story. Mr. Wingfield is the ultimate symbol of escape; this is because he has managed to remove himself from the desperate situation that the rest of his family is still living in. His picture is featured prominently on the wall as a constant reminder of better times and days gone by. Amanda always makes disparaging remarks about her missing
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The Values of a Society: The Glass Menagerie Set in the American south during the Great Depression‚ The Glass Menagerie is a powerful tale narrated by character Tom Wingfield‚ who reflects on his memories of family life and the events leading to his departure from the Wingfield home. Tennessee Williams writes the story‚ set in the 1930s during the Great Depression. It deals with a Southern family living in a city tenement in St Louis‚ Missouri. The story reflects the values of the society
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Tom Wingfield Tom’s double role in The Glass Menagerie—as a character whose recollections the play documents and as a character who acts within those recollections—underlines the play’s tension between objectively presented dramatic truth and memory’s distortion of truth. Unlike the other characters‚ Tom sometimes addresses the audience directly‚ seeking to provide a more detached explanation and assessment of what has been happening onstage. But at the same time‚ he demonstrates real and sometimes
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there are many similarities between the character’s lives and the lives of the author and his family. The characters include the members of the Wingfield family Tom‚ his mother Amanda‚ his sister Laura‚ and Tom and Laura’s father‚ represented by a portrait. Also included is the character Jim O’Connor‚ the gentleman caller. The character of Tom Wingfield is nearly autobiographical of Tennessee Williams himself. One of the first similarities noticeable is the use of the name Tom as the central
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characters and to convey the recurring themes of the impossibility of true escape‚ and the difficulty of accepting reality‚ that permeate the drama. The most influential symbols throughout The Glass Menagerie are the three characters of the Wingfield family: Amanda‚ Tom‚ and Laura‚ each of whom represent a different stereotype of humanity. By interpreting these characters as symbols‚ Williams communicates a message about humanity and various themes of life within the pages of his play. Williams’ use
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the fire escape.?This represents the "bridge" between the illusory world of the Wingfields and the world of reality.?This "bridge" seems to be a one way excursion.?But the direction varies for each character.?For Tom‚ the fire escape is the way out of the world of Amanda and Laura and an entrance into a world of new dimensions.?For Laura‚ the fire escape is a way into her own world. A way to escape from reality.?Amanda perceives the fire escape as a way for gentlemen callers to enter their lives.
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The themes used express the inner complexities of the human mind by portraying how people alter their memories based on their perceptions of reality. In The Glass Menagerie we follow the Wingfield family who manipulate their own perceptions to exaggerate their way life. At the beginning of the play‚ Tom Wingfield‚ the main character‚ was experiencing deeply conflicting emotions over whether or not he should leave his family to pursue his own life. Tom’s memories are the ones in which the play is
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