Abandonment as a Familial Trait: Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie‚ a family setting is depicted where the son has taken on the role of father in the actual father’s absence which ultimately becomes too much for him to handle. As the drama concludes‚ Tom—who plays both the narrator and a main character—follows in his father’s footsteps by leaving his mother and sister after living his adulthood as the breadwinner for his abandoned mother. Though
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The film‚ The Glass Menagerie is a drama about a family of three people that live in poverty. The characters consist of a mother Amanda‚ the daughter Laura‚ and the son Tom. The family was abandoned by the father of Laura and Tom and they don’t know anything about him. The mother struggles to motivate her two children to reach out for a better future while the two children lack motivation. In this play‚ she would be considered the character with the least fault of their poverty. Tom is the character
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protagonist; the story belongs to him. "The protagonist of a literary work is the main character‚ who must change in some way during the course of the events‚ even if the change is entirely internal. Tom is clearly the protagonist of The Glass Menagerie. Although he is not heroic and will probably never triumph over his obstacles‚ he does take action by the end of the play." It is‚ in essence‚ his story and tells of what he wants out of life and how he reacts to life. Tom Wingfield is the protagonist;
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The Difference of Mothers in The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun The plays‚ The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun‚ deal with the love‚ honor‚ and respect of family. In The Glass Menagerie‚ Amanda‚ the caring but overbearing and over protective mother‚ wants to be taken care of‚ but in A Raisin in the Sun‚ Mama‚ as she is known‚ is more or less‚ the overseer of the family. The prospective of the plays identify that we have family members‚ like Amanda‚ as overprotective‚ or like Mama
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The day was vivid and clear. Snow had fallen through the night‚ and when Nikk emerged it was gently and silently. The Menagerie had shed from this perfect realm‚ this white pristine world if not for just a moment‚ and as Nikk stood in the snow she felt a hint of magic as she had when she was a child in Pavek; in Russian. She allowed herself a small‚ stolen moment and leaned her head back to the blackened skeletons of the sleeping trees and brilliant blue skies. Her brown eyes closed‚ and for the
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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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Amad Wali Prof. Shimkin EN 102 11-10-2012 In the play‚ The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and the short story‚ Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin‚ we find two characters faced with very different situations and choices‚ requiring both to take a decision to either accept the conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility
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The play “The Glass Menagerie” tells of a family’s perceptions‚ which are often misguided‚ and their obligations to each other and themselves. The Wingfield family is not living in reality and therefore cannot be honest with each other about themselves. This leads to misguided perceptions of each other and their situation. Tennessee Williams’ play is somewhat autobiographical as each character has similarities to people in his life. Williams was using the play as a way to reveal human nature as it
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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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Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie offers a glimpse into the dark side of the American family. Representationally dysfunction‚ the Wingfield family is a typical American unit who survive the unpleasant intrusion of reality upon their lives by creating their own illusions to deny the emptiness of their existence. It is the relationship between the mother‚ Amanda‚ and her daughter Laura that best exemplifies the play’s theme of the futility of attempting to escape reality which depicts
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