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    Existential Therapy Paper

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    Issue of the Client Laura‚ 47- years old‚ reported having chronic feelings of dissatisfaction with her life along with recurrent periods of major depression. The mood associated major depression that she experiences include sad mood‚ loss of interest‚ difficulties sleeping‚ fatigue‚ and self- criticism. Laura also stated that she experiences anxiety in a number of social environments for fear of having nothing to say‚ coming across as boring‚ socially inept‚ and other will then reject her. Her

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    The Glass Menagerie

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    guilt 4. Embarrassment B. Amanda and Laura 1. Suffocating mother 2. Unheard demands II. Reality and Illusion A. Amanda 1. Living in the Past - Jonquils 2. Living in the Past – Seventeen gentlemen callers B. Tom 1. Magic Shows 2. Movies 3. Drinking C. Laura 1. Her Glass Menagerie 2. Walks in the Park III. Regret A. Amanda choice for a husband B. Abandonment of Laura Concluding Statement: The epiphany moment

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    deeply by Amanda. The feelings and bond held between Jim and Laura can also be seen through the glass figurines. The representation of multiple feelings and relationships through one major symbol creates a central dogma with which the so-called house was built. Laura repeatedly blocked herself from society‚ and her pastime while hiding herself away was to play with her glass figurines. As a goalie blocks a soccer ball‚ the figurines kept Laura from interacting with the world. Thus‚ the glass menagerie

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    The Glass Menagerie Literary Analysis Essay In Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” Amanda‚ Laura and Tom were affected detrimentally when Tom abandons his mother and sister to escape from his depressing and mundane life in Saint Louis to follow his dreams by sailing abroad with the Merchant Marines. Laura sacrifices her life as an eligible bachelorette because of her extreme shyness and lack of self confidence because of her disability. Amanda sacrificed her life as a southern belle by marrying

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    current situation in the world as seen in the play. Another symbol in the play that remains constant is the record player and collection of records. These belonged to her father who has deserted the family. At times of great stress or frightfulness‚ Laura runs to the record player to play the dated records. She listens to the record player and enjoys the peacefulness that contrasts the argumentative members of her household. It is an escape for her‚ as is her glass collection‚ but it takes on a

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    the time. The cinema is his only escape from reality sometimes he forgets about his responsibilities at home and becomes selfish‚ like the way he left his mother and sister so he could become a merchant sailor and for them to fend for themselves. Laura is who both Tom and Amanda are worried about‚ she’s a pretty girl but her predisposing condition is a disadvantage to her life and brings down her self esteem. The only thing that brings some kind of joy to Laura’s life is her Glass Menageries. She

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    Anna Larsdatter Monologue

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    family were all going to have dinner at Anna Larsdatter’s plenty large home. For a nearly-80-year-old woman‚ Anna sure knew how to make it look like she owned a fortune. When Gunnhild‚ Kristen‚ and Laura arrived‚ they discovered the rest of the family had been waiting on only them for the party to begin. Laura studied each person in turn‚ trying to get a feel for how friendly they might be to her. There had to be about 25 to 30 people present. Anna Larsdatter had married a man named James Brown who

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    7. In Scene Two‚ Amanda is in conflict with Laura. Who is in conflict in Scene Three? What starts the conflict‚ and what is it about? Tom and Amanda are in conflict in scene three. The conflict is started by Amanda because Tom used the Lord’s name in vain. This continues to escalate‚ due to Amanda taking away Tom’s DH Lawrence book as she invades his privacy and personal life after work. The argument ends as Tom angrily walks away from his mother‚ since she continues to criticize him for the way

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    The Garden Party

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    family is preparing to host a garden party. Laura is supposed to be in charge‚ but has trouble with the workers who appear to know better‚ and her mother (Mrs. Sheridan) has ordered lilies to be delivered for the party without Laura ’s approval. Her sister Jose tests the piano‚ and then sings a song in case she is asked to do so again later. After the furniture is rearranged‚ they learn that their working-class neighbor Mr. Scott has died. While Laura believes the party should be called off‚ neither

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    the “Laura” whom he celebrates in his love poetry. The identity of Laura has never been established for certain‚ but we know from his poetry that she was beautiful‚ golden-haired‚ rich‚ and married‚ and that she died in the Great Plague of 1348. Although Petrarch belittled his Italian poetry‚ his collection of Italian poems‚ the Canzoniere‚ is probably his most influential creation. It consists of 366 poems‚ mostly sonnets but some poems in other verse forms‚ focusing on his relation to Laura in life

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