her children Tom and Laura Wingfield‚ whom of which are both adults. In the play‚ Amanda tries to take on her children’s main problems at once; Tom is depressed‚ and Laura is incredibly shy and insecure due to her leg disability‚ finding comfort only in her glass animal collection. She does this by confronting Tom about
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"Portrait of a Girl in Glass‚" a short story he wrote in 1943 and published in 1948. Both works drew upon Williams’s own experiences. When he was growing up‚ he was close to his sister‚ Rose‚ who resembled the fragile and psychologically disturbed Laura Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie." His mother resembled Laura’s mother‚ Amanda. Williams himself resembled Laura’s brother‚ Tom Wingfield. Williams was even nicknamed Tom in his youth. Plot Summary Tom begins by introducing the play as a memory
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fantasy world‚ where they forget about reality‚ and it reflects on their appearance. While they do not belong in society‚ they have very different views on how life should be. Firstly‚ Laura does not feel she belongs in society and often is isolated from reality. Secondly‚ Amanda believes that her daughter‚ Laura‚ should focus on finding gentlemen callers‚ for it is the most important part of life‚ but what Amanda does not realize is that the world is not the same as it was when she was growing
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the life of Laura. Laura grew up with a medical problem that included wearing braces on her legs. Laura felt different and outside the norm for other children. Her fragile body made her to become shy and private. Her only solace would be the collection of fragile glass animals. The oldest of her collection was the unicorn. The unicorn a beautiful and majestic creature‚ still having the visible "deformity" of the horn. The unicorn just did not quite fit in with the other horses. As Laura had the "deformity"
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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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1½ packs of cigarettes per day. His wife has been encouraging Mr. Lamont to stop‚ but he has not showed any interest in quitting. Laura‚ the registered nurse‚ takes Mr. Lamont to an examination room. Laura asks him about his overall health‚ and he tells her about a nagging cough and how he sometimes feels short of breath. He then denies any other health problems. Laura takes Mr. Lamont’s vital signs and gets the following results: blood pressure 156/94 mm Hg‚ temperature 99.8 °F orally‚ apical pulse
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became known as a “detective fiction” genre‚ which had people rushing to get the next print of the series. It was also popular because it included it’s unique characters Laura Farlie‚ Marian Halcombe‚ and Anne Catherick. These three characters each portrayed the role of women during the Victorian society in different ways. Laura‚ for example‚ is a quiet‚ soft spoken woman who is under the influence by the men around her and is marrying a man whom she does not love. Marian‚ is a strong‚ independent
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Race In Zora Neale Hurston ’s‚ "The Conscience of the Court"‚ it is clearly shown that Laura Lee Kimble has at least some awareness of the impact of class and gender in her life. But she does not recognize race and racism as factors that shape her environment and determine her individual identity. For Laura Lee Kimble it is people of color who live racially structured lives. Race is described as body type‚ ancestry‚ cultural differences‚ biological subspecies‚ actual social stratification and the
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Theme of Escape in The Glass Menagerie In The Glass Menagerie‚ Tennessee Williams uses the theme of escape to help drive the 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
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root cause of the Wingfield’s household problems. Laura has to go to business school against her will which she eventually drops out of since it was not what she liked. Tom is forced to work a job he does not want to do and yet he still does it due to Amanda’s desire to be able to help the family‚ and Amanda’s privileged past creates an overly optimistic fantasy for her future. This leads to expectations that are too high for Tom and Laura‚ since
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