play as irksome and uneventful as The Glass Menagerie‚ could also write something as interesting as A Streetcar Named Desire. However‚ both are written extremely well by Tennessee Williams. Despite the differences‚ there are many similarities in themes and patterns. Once each play is picked apart and analyzed‚ it is very obvious that they are both written by the same author. A major theme in both plays in the dependence on men. Throughout The Glass Menagerie‚ references are made to Tom and Laura’s father
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In the play The Glass Menagerie Laura is a character that many young women across the nation can easily relate to. Although she was crippled at a young age‚ Laura’s insecurities often times run her life. Like Laura‚ many women find their insecurities at the forefront of their minds. Laura is a shy‚ quiet and often times invisible character throughout the play. However‚ she is a strong‚ unique‚ and lovable character as well. Often times we see our flaws as a disadvantage and something that can only
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How is one to distinguish between a good and a bad mother? What characteristics sets apart a good mother from a bad one? Amanda’s actions in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams were made clear from the beginning. First‚ she was an extremely arrogant person. Especially when it came to her children‚ constantly putting them down and making them feel as if they were inferior and couldn’t do anything right. Secondly‚ she would make her childrens’ decisions for them‚ allowing them to decide little
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The Glass Menagerie By Tennesse Williams About the Author Tennessee Williams based “The Glass Menagerie” on "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
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Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie is similar and different in many ways to Tennessee Williams. His mother is a borderline hysteric‚ his sister is schizophrenic‚ and he is an alcohol addict‚ and his father was a traveling sales man and was never home. In this draft we will see the similarities between Tennessee Williams real family and the family in The Glass Menagerie. But fist lets take a look about his biography. Thomas Lanier Williams‚ born (March 26 1911) was an American writer‚ primarily
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A brother‚ a son‚ a friend‚ Tom Wingfield the narrator and a character in the play‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ which is based on Toms memory of his many experiences living with his mum and sister during the Great Depression. As this is a recollection‚ the play has a hard time presenting the events objectively as the mind‚ most often times distort the facts of events. Tom is an aspiring poet‚ which works at a shoe warehouse to support the family to which is gets frustrated with due to the numbing routine
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In plays‚ writers position the audience so that we feel sympathy for some characters and not for others. The Glass Menagerie‚ written by Tennessee Williams is about one families struggle with each other and the society. Williams uses the characterisation of Laura‚ Tom and Jim to make us feel sympathy for Laura and Tom‚ whilst we dislike Jim. In the Glass Menagerie‚ Williams positions us so that we feel sympathy for Laura. By most readers she is generally considered the main protagonist of the story
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The Glass Menagerie is a memory play‚ and Tom makes it clear from the beginning that we are seeing events through the lens of his memories‚ heightening emotions and drawing out significances as memories do. We are also privy‚ however‚ to memories within memories – the recollections of Amanda as she speaks of her girlhood‚ and her futile attempts to relive it. Even Jim is trapped in a cycle of memory‚ as he yearns to recapture the glory days of his high school career and becomes attached to those
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Just as in science‚ a catalyst speeds up the rate of the chemical reaction; in literature‚ a catalyst is a person‚ idea or event that initiates and develops the conflict of the story. In "A View from the Bridge" and "The Glass Menagerie"‚ the catalysts used are introduced at different points in the plays and play different roles. In " A View from the Bridge"‚ Rodolpho‚ the catalyst‚ is introduced in the exposition‚ and plays a major role in the play. He initiates the conflict by being attracted
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In The Glass Menagerie‚ Tennessee Williams wrote the character Amanda Wingfield based on his own experiences of life. Williams and Amanda Wingfield are both hard working parents who kept foods on the table. The difference between the two is Amanda only had one job and that’s selling articles for a living. She has very high standards and a smart woman. One sees by Amanda’s private thoughts that her fear of living in the future makes her trapped to stay in the past. In addition to the first scene of
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