... to him. She only talked to him once during school but it was a short conversation. Her shyness caused her to quit school, which made her stay home for most of her time. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois is set as an outcast because of the things she did after she lost her plantation and her husband. Her husband committed suicide because he was ... down her self-esteem greatly. Since she is so vulnerable, she cannot take up for herself and becomes insane by the end of the story because of it (Sc. 4). Tennessee Williams uses the theme of illusion in both The Glass Menagerie and ...

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... Tom that their mother is afraid that she (Laura) will end up an old maid. The lights dim as the "Glass Menagerie" theme music plays. An image of blue roses appears on the screen as the scene begins. Laura is polishing her collection of glass as ... to pick up the glass while Laura looks away. The theme music kicks in. Commentary The father, though absent, is present throughout the play as a suggestion. For Tom, the father represents one mode of escape, one possible model for changing the stifling status quo of his life. More than ... , a fighter." Yet Tom is perhaps not the best advocate...

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