Laura’s In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams we meet this young and unique girl named Laura. She is not what a man would see in a wife. She is very different from what others would expect in a woman. Laura does not get many gentleman callers‚ nor does she have many friends. She is a high school dropout and lives with her mother and younger brother. Although this makes her sound like she may never abound to anything more in her life‚ that is not the case. It is not like she wants to be
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constant advancements and how it is always evolving‚ but to some people this world may be considered a scary place. This fear of the outside world has the ability to make those who fear it unable to accept reality. In Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie‚ the thought of accepting reality is especially hard for the Wingfield family‚ Laura‚ Tom‚ and Amanda‚ causing them to close themselves off each in their own unique way. The loss of reality seems to be furthest gone from the eldest child of
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Ernest Hemingway‚ a novelist and Nobel Prize winner‚ wrote in his book‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ “The world breaks everyone‚ and afterward‚ some are strong at the broken places.” In Tennessee Williams play‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ Laura‚ who is sensitive and shy but compassionate‚ remains strong after being broken. She lives with Tom‚ her brother‚ and her overbearing mother‚ Amanda. Their father abandoned them‚ leaving Amanda stuck in her past and Tom to support the family. Amanda bothers Laura about finding
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The Glass Menagerie Questions 1. The dreams contrast with the reality of Wingfield’s existence day-to day because Amanda is not accepting the reality of her existence‚ but referring to where she used to live and the old “Southern Bell” attitude. She pushes very hard for her daughter to had the same dreams that she does but she does not see really what her daughter wants for herself. 2. The menagerie suggests fragility and beauty. Laura is a fragile person who is also beautiful. She is easily broken
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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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What makes a character strong? What does it take to be a stronger person? In the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ the narrator Tom introduces his mother‚ Amanda‚ and his sister‚ Laura. Both characters show strength‚ but who is the stronger character? Throughout the play‚ Laura is compared to everyone else. She does not fit in well with other people. Laura is a strong young woman‚ but Amanda shows more resilience because she is independent‚ firm in what she says‚ and sets high expectations
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Have you ever wondered how life would be like as an introvert? In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams‚ the main character‚ Laura’s tragic flaw forces her to drop out of Rubicam Business College leading to a life of isolation and despair. Many times people have told her to “be proud instead of shy and turning away”. Lara was a shy girl‚ who is interested in love‚ and who often turns to her glass animal collection to comfort her. “Well‚ if he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf
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where to go for a vacation (that she is originally not part of). In “The Glass Menagerie‚” a play written by Tennessee Williams‚ Amanda‚ a mother of two grown children‚ is also in constant disagreement with her children. Both works of literature end rather tragically‚ all because of a mother’s love for her children. Although Amanda and the Grandmother may have
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The distortion of truth appears in The Glass Menagerie‚ as‚ it is play based solely upon Tom’s memory‚ which presents reality and illusion through the characters. The play is not realistic‚ and‚ as Tom says‚ the full truth is not revealed: “...I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion” (Williams 4). The play lacks realism because memory plays with truth. Elements of untruthfulness appear‚ but
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The Glass Menagerie a memory play by Tennessee Williams‚ based in St. Louis‚ follows the Wingfields ( Tom‚ Laura and Amanda) on their unknown quest to finding their own reality outside of the gender and social boxes society has already put them in. The glass menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art. It’s art because it makes the reader put themselves in someone else’s shoes but in a way that they feel comfortable because they can relate to the actors struggles; it makes people fall in and
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