stereotype that often defines men as being tough‚ strong‚ and having no emotions. In most cases‚ their work tends to identify their level of masculinity. In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck‚ The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald‚ and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ the male characters create their identities through their abilities to provide for their families. In these three texts‚ the males portray their masculinity by their roles as head of the family and their work and wealth. As
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trapped within the confines of their apartment‚ they each have their own methods of escaping from the complications of the outside world. Tom smokes and drinks while Laura avoids school and work‚ instead losing herself in the fantasy of her glass menagerie. Amanda lives vicariously through her children and yet seems trapped in the memories of her past. As the play continues‚ the reader begin to see how these seemingly
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In high school‚ Jim was basically your all around nice guy. He was friendly to everyone‚ and an example of this is that he called Laura "Blue Roses". He was being friendly when he nicknamed her that‚ but otherwise they didn’t really talk to each other. That was basically under the only circumstances that they actually talked. The only reason that Jim asked Laura what was the matter in the first place‚ was because she was out of school for a long time and he was just a little concerned like anyone
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Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play. She is described by Williams as "a little woman of great but confused vitality clinging frantically to another time and place". In the play‚ Amanda appears to be a paranoiac as she was constantly worrying about her family’s future‚ and coming up with seemingly foolish ways to ’secure’ their lives. It is not until the end‚ that one sees her real self emerge‚ when she subtly revealed the angel-like beauty that was hidden in her
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Josephine Ogun Charles Shimonkevitz English 102 June 22‚ 2012 Effects of Tom’s Departure on Laura and Amanda Tennessee Williams is known for his symbolic and poetic works‚ one of his successful plays is “The Glass Menagerie” amongst many others. The characters are Tom‚ Amanda‚ Laura and Jim O’Connor. The play is written about a family who tries to survive after Amanda’s husband left. Tom wants to be a writer and not work in a warehouse‚ and Laura who claims she is disabled and cannot attract
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Character Analyzation in The Glass Menagerie Many people find it difficult to cope with reality. While most choose to press on through their struggles‚ some choose to ignore them completely. They engross themselves in their own little world in order to escape reality. We see various examples of this with the Wingfield family in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. Amanda Wingfield is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is a “southern belle” whose glory days have long since faded away
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The characters in this play seek flight – How does Williams explore the themes of entrapment and flight? Tennessee Williams explores the theme of entrapment and flight through symbolism and motifs that depict a want for escape‚ relationships that portray entrapment of each other and conventions of a play‚ such as scenery‚ stage directions‚ narrative and dialogue that heighten these ideas as a whole. The opening scene sketches out the scenery and initial symbol of entrapment for all the characters
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that may be employed by authors or playwrights to aid in the development of characters or to display themes in novels and plays. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism heavily in his text "The Great Gatsby"‚ as does Tennessee Williams in "The Glass Menagerie". Various symbols appear throughout the respective texts that allow the reader to gain insight into character’s personalities and also add value to major themes and ideas in the texts. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" is a text that is reflective
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The characters Willy Loman of the play Death of Salesman‚ and Amada Wingfield of The Glass Menagerie share many comparable traits‚ but at the same time they are different in some ways. Both Willy and Amanda live in fantasy worlds. They both wish they could revel in the past and what used to be. Amanda dreams back to when she was the pampered southern belle and was called on by many gentlemen callers. She remembers being a socialite and part of the elite society in the south. Amanda has this notion
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Tennessee Williams – The Glass Menagerie Jim as a Representative of the American Dream and the Ideology of Optimism and Progressivism “He is the most realistic character in the play‚ being an emissary from a world of reality that we were somehow set apart from. . . . he is the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for.” (Williams 5) – Jim’s first introduction by Tom as a narrator is a crucial one‚ as it points to the ambiguity of Jim’s character. For the
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