Name: Sherin Khawaja Class and Section: 11SD Q: Compare and contrast Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. How are they similar and how do they differ? Given that Tom is portrayed negatively‚ why does Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby? In the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ two men‚ Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan‚ fight over Daisy‚ an upper-class woman from an old‚ wealthy family in the time after the first world war during the age known as
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Compare and Contrast Essay “Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on.”-The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald There are several things you can relate to with the book and the two movies. In the book there were many parts to relate to the two movies. In the first movie there were many things that movie number two didn’t have. In movie number two there were several things that movie number one didn’t have. This book and movie has been great to read and watch. In the book there was a tea party‚
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Amanda Wingfield In Tennessee Williams’s 1944 drama “The Glass Menagerie”‚ Amanda Wingfield is the main character and the story is of her raising her two children. Amanda Wingfield was raised as an affluent‚ prominent Southern Belle‚ but her husband was an alcoholic and left her with no money. For Amanda‚ less money meant a decline in societal class. In “The Glass Menagerie”‚ Amanda found it extremely difficult to accept her new social class because she was raised to value social distinction
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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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a story influences the decisions they make later in life. It further develops the plot‚ leads to the climax‚ and‚ finally‚ the denouement. Many characters in The Glass Menagerie have to deal with certain circumstances‚ including the 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.
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Glass Menagerie Outline 1 Summarizing Sentence: Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play. I. Amanda begins the play with the first impression of being overprotective and critical of her children A.In the play she appears to be a constantly worried about her families future. 1. She comes up with foolish ways to some how secure their lives. a. She asks Tom to find Laura a gentle man at the factory B. Even as grown ups she would try to control them and teach them
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The short play‚ “Glass Menagerie” written by Tennessee Williams focuses heavily on familial responsibilities. While in actuality‚ the play doesn’t touch on the subject explicitly‚ after close analysis there are many themes within that topic to be discussed. It is understood that this play‚ as many of Williams’ other works‚ reflects the living situation he grew up in. In this particular play‚ the father in the family has abandoned his family as well as responsibilities by leaving without a trace.
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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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Amanda (Mother): “No‚ sister‚ no‚ sister – you be the lady this time and I’ll be the darkey.” 1. While the play takes place in 1937‚ Amanda’s comment indicates that she believes that black women were still to be serving and cleaning up after white women‚ suggesting slavery. Amanda: “Resume your seat‚ little sister‚ I want you to stay fresh and pretty for gentlemen callers!” 2. Amanda’s reference to calling Laura‚ her daughter‚ “little sister” implies that Amanda sees herself more as a sister and
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questioning of a moral code become criticisms towards the playwright. It is his perspective that is dominant and affecting meanings into the play. In return‚ the audience sees the play through this narrow perspective. On the other hand‚ The glass menagerie finds deeper approaches to sociology through meticulously characterizing its characters. The use of "surrealism" here‚ a successor of the realism approach‚ can be spotted in a series of occurrences and psychological deformities (not necessarily deformities)
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