Caughey 4 April 2013 Professor Wivlagg English 102 “The Relationship of Aristotle’s Poetics to Modern Dramatic Tragedy as Exhibited in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie” Aristotle’s poetics were created by Aristotle himself and they were a literary work of his dramatic theory. “The Glass Menagerie” is a play written by‚ Tennessee Williams‚ that exemplifies Aristotle’s opinion of poetry being an imitation of life or a mythos. It is also a tragedy because it follows
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Card Report: “The Glass Menagerie” Conflict The major conflict in “The Glass Menagerie” is the feeling of hopelessness that each of the Wingfield’s struggles with. Amanda’s hopelessness comes from the feeling that she isn’t as important as she once was‚ as though her fame/glory is slowly fading away. It is this fear that causes her to push Laura to become more socially accepted and popular with others. Laura is extremely afraid of seeing Jim O’Connor‚ and beneath that we can see her insecurities
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The Glass Menagerie (1973) **/5 Anthony Harvey’s The Glass Menagerie was definitely a movie to remember. A movie to remember to never watch again. In the entire duration of this film I can only say I experienced two things; boredom and well‚ sheer boredom. The Glass Menagerie‚ was originally written by Tennessee Williams in 1945 and it was the first of the playwright’s many Broadway successes. Williams is also responsible for classics such as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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The Glass Menagerie‚ by Williams‚ Tennessee is set in 1937 in the city of St Louis. The narrator is Tom Wingfield who supports his sister‚ Laura‚ and mother‚ Amanda. Tom acknowledges that he is the only man in the family and he strives to take care of the two women. Laura is a shy girl who drops out of school due to the challenges that she faces because of her shyness. The relevance of the narrative is deeply engraved in the use of the symbolism of the unicorn whose horn was later broken to resemble
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"The Glass Menagerie" uses quite a few different literary devices that help to convey the story. It uses elements such as imagery to aid in setting the scene of the text. It also uses allegory to express a hidden meaning behind the story. However‚ one of the most prominent devices that the author uses is symbolism. A few of the different forms of symbolism that are used are Laura’s glass menagerie‚ the glass unicorn‚ and the fire escape. Laura’s glass menagerie‚ as told by the title of the story
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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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express themselves indirectly on delicate or controversial matters. In the play The Glass Menagerie‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams uses many symbols‚ which represent many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion‚ displaying how the characters are separated from reality. The symbol of the glass menagerie is the set of glass menagerie itself‚ representing the bridge between the illusory world of the Wingfield’s
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The Glass Menagerie is a memory play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams is a play‚ which effectively illustrates a character‚ Tom who struggles with his principles. The Glass Menagerie is one of Tennessee Williams most renowned piece of work. Often referred to as a ’memory play’‚ both the style and content of The Glass Menagerie are shaped and inspired by the memory of the play’s narrator‚ Tom Wingfield. The Glass Menagerie deals with a strong mix of emotions‚ including sadness‚ loneliness
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expected to continue for herself‚ not realizing her daughter does not share her dream. 2. What suggestions do you find in Laura’s glass menagerie? In the glass unicorn? The glass menagerie suggests fragility and beauty. Laura is a beautiful‚ but fragile person‚ she can be easily broken‚ not capable of living a life outside of her protective box (home). The glass unicorn is unique‚ different from normal horses‚ and has a lonely existence‚ the same as Laura. 3. Which one of the characters in
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Context- The Glass Menagerie by Tenesse Williams is set in the 1930s during the time period whereby the Americans went through a economical downturn called ‘The Great Depression’ as a direct result people became jobless‚ not earning enough to support their families. The economic downturn that resulted from the crashing of wall street affected the government‚ aswell as the people living under it. It affects the mental and emotional psyche of the people‚ redefining the established ‘American Dream’
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