In what ways are each of the Wingfields flawed in The Glass Menagerie? How do they "escape" the dreariness of their lives? The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams revolves around the flaws of each of the Wingfields: Amanda Wingfield, a woman of a very confusing nature; Laura Wingfield, one who is partially crippled and lets that make her extremely self conscious; and Tom Wingfield, one who is seen as selfish, and feels trapped and ... is living in a world of despair. When Jim kisses Laura, she comes to reality and forgets about the broken piece of glass, and becomes a real person for a mome...

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... them. At one point in the play, Laura and Jim, the gentlemen caller, are sitting together talking about their past, and most importantly. The glass piece that was Laura's favorite piece, the unicorn. She says to Jim ". . .Oh, be careful if you breathe, it breaks"(The Glass Menagerie p 1847). She loves the unicorn dearly but trusts Jim with it. Together Tom and Laura find a dream world on the fire escape. Tom will stand ... outside on the fire escape to smoke, showing that he does not ... ...

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... to ignore them completely. They engross themselves in their own little world in order to escape reality. We see various examples of this with the Wingfield family in Tennessee Williams' theatrical masterpiece, "The Glass Menagerie." Amanda Wingfield is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is a "southern belle" whose glory days have long since faded away. She is struggling to come to terms with ... the fact that she is not in the same position she once was, socially or economically. She still takes great pride in the appearance of their home and brags ... chooses not to interact with people...

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... Glass Shells, and the Power of Introversion Both Laura, a fictional character in the play, The Glass Menagerie, and Temple Grandin, the author of "Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger's Syndrome", can be categorized as introverts: Grandin, labeled with autism, and Laura, with "inferiority complex", as Jim calls it. Both abnormalities are analogous in the ... sense that both involve awkward social skills and self doubt, and a passion, or genius in one single thing. Laura ... abnormality. While Amanda and Tom, like the parents of autistic children, polished Laur...

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Endings In A Play A play's ending is one of the key elements which produce feelings about the play. In this case, three plays read this semester. "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, "A Raisin In The Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, and "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen. A play's ending can be happy, sad, or be a cliffhanger, which leaves room for another part, or to be ... above, I will acknowledge if their endings were appropriate or inappropriate, describe their endings and then interpret my own feelings about the endings. In the play "The Glass Menagerie", I found the ending to be inapp...

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