... Statement: Whereas Sylvia was outspoken and loud, Laura was quiet and subdued. Laura Wingfield was the protagonist in the play "The Glass Menagerie". Sylvia was the protagonist in the short story "The Lesson". Laura's leg was crippled. She had been that way since she was a baby. This minor problem haunted her throughout her entire life ... people other then her family talked to her, she could rarely reply with out being sick. For example, when Jim O"Conner cam to dinner with Tom Wingfield, Laura could not answer the door to let the two inside. She feared people in general. On the other ...

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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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... Tom as a subservient male who is unhappy with his life. Williams displays Amanda as a manipulative well-spoken Southern woman who cannot let go of her past. The writer expresses Laura as a dependant female with fragile emotions. Laura Wingfield portrays a dependent female; whose crippled leg foreshadows the crippling of her emotions and her ability to communicate with people other than Tom and Amanda ... . Laura's damaged leg began to haunt her throughout high school. Amanda would tell Laura that she just had "a little defect hardly noticeable even" although Laura's brace would clump whe...

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... - delayed but always expected something that we live for (23). Williams gives the reader many emblems throughout the play; there are three of them are especially interesting. The unicorn symbolizes Laura's uniqueness, the picture of Mr. Wingfield represents his strong influence on his deserted family, and Malvolio's coffin trick signifies Tom's suffocating lifestyle. The unicorn is a symbolic representation of ways that ... her glass menagerie, listening to records on the Victrola, and visiting the park and zoo. Laura identifies with her glass menagerie because she has trouble identifyin...

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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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... Williams is a stage play set in St. Louis in 1937. " The Glass Menagerie" is a memory play drawn from the narrator, Tom Wingfield played by Michael A. Newcomer. Tom Wingfield who is also a character in this play is an aspiring poet who works in a shoe warehouse to support his mother Amanda played by Darrie Lawrence ... , and his sister Laura played by Christi Craig. Jim O' Connor played by Derek Phillips is the guy from high school who Laura had a devastating crush ... on and who now works with Tom at the warehouse. There is also a fifth character Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura's father w...

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... before the story begins. We are led to believe that Amanda's anxiety, paranoia and neediness compelled his actions. Due to the disappearance of Mr. Wingfield, Tom, who is a poet by nature, is left to spend his day working in a shoe factory in order to support his mother and ... lead to him becoming an executive. Jim is the same age as Tom, and attended high school with both Wingfield children. Jim is fairly intelligent, a good speaker and generally charming. Laura had spoken to him a few times in high school, but even though she liked him, she was always ... too self-conscious to let t...

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Laura Wingfield has the fewest lines in the play "The Glass Menagerie," yet the play revolves around her. Laura is twenty-three, and walks with a limp due to a brace on her leg. Although Laura faces problems throughout the play, she is very compassionate. She is humble, shy, and never does anything to hurt anyone else. The character of Laura throughout the play is like a fragile ... your type writer chart Stay fresh and pretty! - It's almost time for our gentlemen callers to start arriving" (Williams 10). Financially, Laura contributes very little to the household, but does her best to hold i...

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Amanda and Jim Comparison Two of the main characters in Tennessee Williams's Glass Menagerie are Jim O'Connor and Amanda Wingfield. Amanda is a Southern Episcopalian and the typical southern belle. Jim is an Irish Catholic that is not much of a gentleman, which is seen when he calls his ex, Emily, ... a kraut-head. Amanda is very protective of her children. She does not want Tom to turn out like his father and he wants Laura to find a husband. Jim has a short attention span, as seen when he takes out the gum when the flavor is gone. However, Amanda and Jim are alike in ... that promise. Both...

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... understanding of a character's personality, we must delve deep into a character's thoughts, his traits, and his many other distinguishing characteristics. Our character, Laura Wingfield, from Tennessee Williams" play, The Glass Menagerie, suffers from a crippled leg that causes her to limp whenever she walks. Over time, her ... the first day of class and never returned. Her shyness has alienated her to a point where even the most slightest conversation can frighten her. Laura is also afraid of confrontations. When she dropped out of business college, she walked around town or through the...

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