there was no sympathy for the disabled‚ any such allowances or even kindness from others. Even her own mother did not want to admit or talk about how her daughter was disabled. When Amanda is shouting at Tom about being selfish she says “An unmarried sister‚ who’s crippled and has no job.” This is the only time Amanda does talk about Laura’s disability and it is insulting her.
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Reamy Pena Sidney Fortner English Composition II April 30‚ 2013 The Glass Menagerie “The Glass Menagerie” is a play about a woman named Amanda Wingfield who is “the remnant of Southern gentility” who lives in very poor conditions in St. Louis with her son and daughter‚ Tom and Laura. Laura is cripplingly shy and is constantly enabled by her mother. Tom is simply trying to get away from the poverty stricken area that they live in. overall the play outlines their lives and Amanda’s wish to
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defense mechanisms—ways of avoiding the painful recognition of undesirable thoughts and feelings displacement—when unconscious desires and thoughts are seen in conscious thoughts or dreams through an association with something that symbolically represents another person or event ego—the rational part of the psyche that operates on the reality principle id—the part of the psyche that contains instincts and desires‚ often unconscious‚ that motivate human behavior according to the pleasure principle;
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Scene 7: A Short Story The lights in the Wingfield house flicker and then turn off altogether. Amanda nags Tom‚ for he foolishly forgot to pay the bill; however‚ what she does not know is that Tom did not pay it on purpose. As Amanda lights candles‚ she tells Tom that he will have to help her with the dishes as punishment and this gives Jim and Laura an opportunity to be alone. They retreat in her room and Laura’s heart begins beating faster and faster as she realizes that she will be alone
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The characters‚ Amanda‚ Tom‚ and Laura all face the similar dilemma of a falsified perception of reality. The mother‚ Amanda‚ is the most blatant character in denial. Her situation as a single mother raising two children has subliminally deceived what she sees as factual. In a conversation with Laura Amanda is quoted “Why you’re not crippled‚ you just have a little defect — hardly noticeable‚ even! When people
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impacts on the family. The first time the characters face disappointment is when the fathers leave the family--one through divorce‚ the other "fell in love with long distances". The first impact is emotional despair for both families. In the Wingfield family‚ Amanda openly expresses her remorse and regret for marrying the absent father. Tom is emotionally distraught because he has to fill his father’s shoes in providing for the family when all he wants to do is to leave and become a sailor. The narrator
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real time‚ goes back to real time at end. Cold weather influences costume choices‚ from coats to the dresses that they must be wearing whenever the gentleman caller comes. III. Tom is the son of Amanda. Laura is the daughter of Amanda. Laura is Tom’s OLDER sister. Jim O’Connor works with Tom. Amanda was abandoned by her husband years ago. No one has a spouse. Tom supplies money for the family working for a show warehouse‚ but aspires to be a poet. Lower-middle class status. 1937 is just passed
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their own paths to follow. Tennessee Williams depicts a true-to-life picture of the family survival with their mutual care and tenderness‚ but at the same time pressure and home violence. The events are presented by one of the main characters‚ Tom Wingfield‚ who lives with his mother and a crippled sister‚ and because of their father’s financial problems it is Tom who has to take care of others. In fact‚ he dreams to quit his tiring job at a shoe warehouse and become a poet‚ but being unable to do it
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the feeling of blacks who were being put down by white people. The social commentary that is being used in this is the rebellion of blacks against white people. Just like Tom Wingfield struggled against his boring daily life‚ the blacks were struggling against what went on within their lives (discrimination). Laura and Amanda were also symbolized as delicateness and abandonment‚ which is what Tom did at the end of the play. The two were practically
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Tennessee‚ and his sister Rose is exceptionally represented by Laura‚ Tom’s troubled sister. There are many examples that display Tom being Tennessee. For example‚ there is a conversation between Amanda‚ Tom’s mother‚ and Tom. Amanda tells him that she wants to talk to him about Laura. His response to Amanda is "I guess she’s the type that people call home girls" (Williams 34). After they discuss Laura’s well being Tom responds with asking‚ "What can I do about it?" (Williams 35). Both quotes present
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