1. Glass Menagerie
... the rainbow reflections of the dance hall's glass ball to the magician's rainbow scarf. Delicate, illusory, fragile, fleeting, they capture something essential of Laura's character. Christian religious imagery also abounds, though not perhaps in any coherent way. In this scene, Tom's inebriated account of the magic show ends with his ... loose. We are suspicious: this is irony, not piety. As he did in his opening monologue, Tom contrasts his surroundings with the occurrences on the great world stage. He reads of Franco's fascist triumphs, thinks of Berchtesgaden, Chamberlain, and Guernic...
- Word Count: 5517
- Approx Pages: 22
- Grade Level: High School