Analysis of The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is an extremely well written play. It stars an adventurous dreamer named Tom, who is also the narrator. He is the provider for the rest of his family; his mother Amanda, and his sister Laura. Amanda is a selfish, annoying, mother, that lives in the past. Laura suffers from an inferiority complex. She lives in a world of little glass animals and old records. The play is very symbolic. The play begins with a speech from Tom ... . The glass menagerie is the perfect representation of Laura. It symbolizes the fragility and awkward beauty she posse...

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The Glass Menagerie is mainly about the spiritual paralysis of human beings as the result of the depressive atmosphere of the society, breakdown of family institution and lack of understanding among even the most intimate persons; that is, the members of a family. In the 1939 letter to his editor, Audrey Wood, Williams states, "I have only one major theme for my work which is the destructive impact of society on the sensitive non-conformist individual" (qtd. in Haley "Rhetoric"). Therefore, all the characters of the play are suffering from some kind of spiritual imbalance and so are drawn int...

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Dramatic techniques are used in multiple ways by play-writes and are used to convey different angles of the story, whether it's lighting patterns used to follow the dialog or music to show the play's mood. Dramatic techniques are valuable tools that enable the play-write conjure up a fake reality, but believable enough for the audience to accept it. It can also include irony, foreshadowing, imagery and contrast to name some examples. These two plays are cantered on lower income families in urban settings. Each story has one main dreamer with other characters being in various states of reality....

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