Without a single one of the members of the Wingfield family the other’s lives would be dramatically different. Much as the collection of glass menagerie would not be the same collection without one of its pieces. As many collectors know the presence or absence of one item can drastically change the value of the whole collection. So also is a family unit‚ as one member affects the others‚ they form an identity they become accustomed to and often cling to. Amanda exemplifies how vital it is that a family
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abandonment of different influential figures in their lives. In Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie‚ he utilizes the abandonment of Tom Wingfield‚ his father‚ and Jim O’Connor to illustrate the different types of negative emotinal influences it has on the characters. Tom’s abandonment was caused by his feeling of constant attack and complaint from his mother‚ Amanda. His mother always argued
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In the Glass Menagerie‚ a play by Tennessee Williams‚ the Wingfield family‚ the subject of the play‚ lives in a world where illusion is regarded as reality. The Wingfield family consists of three members; Amanda‚ Laura‚ and Tom. Tom‚ who is 22‚ works in a shoe factory and dreams of escaping the confines of his current life. He feels suppressed by Amanda‚his mother‚ her watchful eye criticizing his every move‚ but he feels a responsibility to Laura‚ his sister who he loves. At the end of the play
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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. Wingfield is referred to often throughout the play. He is the ultimate symbol of escape. This
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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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Character Sketch: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Tom Wingfield Tom Wingfield is a lot like his absent father. He dreams of adventure and leaves his responsibilities in order to find it as his father did. Being stuck at the warehouse‚ Tom is disappointed in his life. He’d come home late most days because he was at the movies. In one scene‚ Tom even speaks of his jealousy towards the actors and how they keep all the adventure to themselves. He wants to be doing everything he has seen
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if you don’t plan for it.” • Amanda Wingfield The first phrase to catch my attention was when Amanda is telling Tom about planning for the future. It seems as though it may have been first hand experience being how her own life has not gone the way she would have liked it too. She puts a lot of stock into the first gentleman caller’s future completely lying with Laura which we will come to find out was presumptuous. When Tom questions her (Amanda) own relationship and its demise‚ she
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A story often described as a memory‚ written by Tennessee William‚ projects realism as it reflects the hardships experienced face to face growing up during the Great Depression. The Glass Menagerie is no doubt the book that closely related to his family during this time period. Within this book‚ characters are a mirror image of his often abusive and aggressive father‚ his mother‚ a preacher’s daughter who is loving and strong‚ and his sister Rose‚ who suffers from mental issues. Williams uses a
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the characters play an important part in the play as well as symbolize Williams’ real family. In the play you have Tom Wingfield the son in the story‚ who has big ambitions and dreams‚ but instead works in a job he dislikes‚ just as Tennessee Williams did. Laura Wingfield‚ who is the sister of Tom and is terribly shy just like Rose Williams‚ Tennessee’s sister. Also‚ Amanda Wingfield‚ the mother of Tom and Laura. Just like Williams’s real mother she came from a family of Southern blue bloods(Tennessee
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"The play is memory"(pg. 1). Set in the 1930s of struggling America‚ it depicts a fictional family‚ the Wingfield‚ in a St. Louis apartment. This made up family includes-Laura‚ a sweet‚ shy girl who thinks she’s cripple‚ Amanda‚ a nostalgic widow‚ and Tom‚ a rebellious‚ adventurous son. An additional character is added named Jim‚ a mistaken gentleman caller. These four characters meet in The Glass Menagerie‚ an award winning and Broadway expressionistic hit play made by Tennessee Williams. The drama
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