... , mainly, because every character of the play lives, in some degree, in illusion. The ones which face life in a more realistic way are Tom Wingfield and Jim O"Connor. Tom could be considered to be realistic because of his attitude towards life. Unlike him, every character has discovered a way to escape ... towards that situation. That, added to the factor of a job which brings no adventures or satisfactions, and a smothering home makes both Tom and Mr. Wingfield leave home. Of course it should be mentioned that in the case of Tom there is also another reason for his departure and that is,...

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... In the wake of what Tom refers to as the "fiasco at Rubicam's Business College," Amanda has become obsessed with procuring a gentleman caller for Laura. It is a topic perpetually under discussion and the object of Amanda's planning. In order to make a little extra money "to feather the nest ... in the kitchen until at last Tom rises from the table and apologizes. Amanda gushes and Tom speaks gently. She is concerned about Laura. Laura thinks that Tom is not happy living with them, that he goes out every night to escape the apartment; she broods about this. ... the rainbow reflections of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... their imagination. In Tennessee Williams the "Glass Menagerie" the members of the Wingfield family are all trapped in menial existences. Enveloped in their delusions or leading impoverished lives of symbolic displacements, they are almost a family of outcasts. Laura Wingfield is the main focus, who is living in a world of glass ornaments. Amanda Wingfield, Laura's mother, suffocating in her own affections, places her desires indirectly towards ... Laura. Additionally, there is Tom Wingfield, Laura's brother, who is immersed within a world of movies. Laura resembles a wounded animal, mir...

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This play takes place in the mid forties. It is about a mother, Amanda Wingfield, a daughter, Laura Wingfield, and a son, Tom Wingfield. There are five characters in this play. The other character is a friend of Tom's, Jim O"Connor. Amanda was always successful with men when she was younger. She ... . He feels like a puppet on a string with her. Jim went to high school with Tom and Laura. He now works at the factory with Tom. He is dating a girl named Betty and they are engaged. He is brought to the Wingfield home as a gentlemen caller, and when Top brings him home, he is unaware that he is g...

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... delicate little girl. Laura lives in a world of her little glass figurines and doesn't have a connection to the real world. In the world today, there are many individuals that tend to replace their unhappiness in their lives with a seemed to be far-fetched dream. Williams demonstrated how the Wingfield family struggles to ... get a grip on things through using symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony. To begin, the consistency of using symbolism assisting the development of the plot. The fire escape is what Tom sees as an escape route out of the chaos of the house and his mother, but is force...

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• Grade Level: High School