... to leave you behind me, but I am more faithful than I intended to be (258). Tom's inability to fully retreat from his old life is due to his continuing love for his sister, Laura. Because of this, Tom resorts to his old means of temporary escape; alcohol and cigarettes. Tom tells Laura how he gets her out of his head, saying, "I reach ... magic to resolve his issues. He dabbles in alcohol and cigarettes as a temporary means of escape, which never satisfy him. Tom's love for the movies expresses his underlying desire not only to leave, but to seek out adventure for himself. Although Tom ...

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... the outside world. These personal downfalls in life drive Tom into a life of poetry and movies, and Laura into a world of glass figurines. Tom is unsatisfied with his work at the warehouse and feels his life lacks adventure. Therefore, he finds it through writing poetry and watching movies. When business is slow at the shoe warehouse, Tom goes to the washroom to work ... evening to fulfill his adventurous nature. Amanda questions Tom, "why do you go to the movies so much, Tom?" Tom replies, "I go to the movies because I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work...

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... wonders in a hopeless tone what will become of them if Laura refuses a "business career"; will they play with the glass menagerie and listen to Father's old records all day? Will they become begrudged spinsters dependent on some in-law? The alternative is marriage. Laura becomes uncomfortable. Didn't Laura ever like a boy ... is worried seeing Tom stay out late like his father once did. Where does he go at night? Tom reiterates that he goes to the movies. He needs the adventure that is so patently absent in his career: "Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those i...

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... loving but over zealous mother, who at times is controlling and nagging. To understand Amanda we must understand that Amanda was born and raised in the old south, pre-civil war. Living on a plantation and coming from a wealthy family, Amanda never went without the finer things in life. All this ... children was the sole provider of the family. Tom's father, a telephone man, left the family when Tom was eight years old. Tom is portrayed as a dreamer, searching for adventure, but his mother places the responsibility of providing for the family on his shoulders. This is evident as Amanda rea...

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... Blue Roses and her glass menagerie, Unicorn. Amanda "s yellow dress and bathrobe can express her love she has of the past event. Tom's symbols are the movies and merchant marine. Jim's symbolize itself as a gentlemen caller for Laura. Laura is a very sensitive young girl. She spends all of her time in a ... Amanda does not believe that his evenings are so innocent. She does not understand that Tom wants adventure. "I go to the movies because- I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work, so I go to the movies." Since his life is full of responsibility, money, f...

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... , smoking, listening to music from the Paradise Dance Hall across the street and going out to movies. He says, "I go to the movies because--I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work, so I go to the movies" (438). Tom Every night, Tom goes to the movies to escape the harsh reality of his home life and his job. The fire escape allows Tom ... the opportunity to get out of the apartment and away from his nagging mother. Another thing his mother dislikes is his constant trips to the movies and returning home drunk. He says that "there is a trick that would come in ...

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... not approve of Amanda says," I took that horrible book back to the library"(3,949). Amanda then lashes out about what he has really been doing at the "movies" Amanda says, "I don't believe that lie"(3,950). Tom has definitely changed, he does not just sit there and let his mother whine. He speaks up ... Amanda and Laura are having a gentlemen caller and not just Laura. Tom has changed. Tom by this time has already decided to hit the road to go find adventure. He has not paid the electric bill yet Tom says, "I"m like my father. The bastard son of a bastard See how he grins. And he's been ...

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... 's family and the need to live one's own life. The outer conflict lies in the clash of Tom's hunger for independence and discovery versus Amanda's archaic, "old south" Christian morality. Tom seethes for freedom and adventure; joining The Union of Merchant Seamen as a scapegoat from a perfunctory, mediocre existence. The fire escape, a prominent entity in the play, symbolizes Tom's sense of imprisonment and ... the possibility of escape. Dissimilar to Tom's desire's, Amanda believes a good Christian need only look to their job for adventure. She feels in his quest for freedom he will onl...

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... of the three, Tom lived a hard life. He was only able to escape while he was at the movies. Living such a life with many difficulties and obstacles to overcome, it would be hard to forget everything. Tom lives a new life, and his old one is the memory. The most important memory is that of the unicorn. This glass menagerie indicates Laura's fragileness ... it anymore. Amanda was the only reason Tom left. It was only a matter of time before Amanda pulled the final straw. In my opinion Tom went to the movies not only for adventure but to get away from Amanda. It appeared that every time Am...

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... Laura, I tried to leave you behind me, but I am more faithful than I intended to be! I reach for a cigarette, I cross the street, I run into the movies or a bar, I buy a drink, I speak to the nearest stranger - anything that can blow your candles out!" Instead of actually leaving his family, Tom uses the ... of escape from the suffocating feeling he gets from Amanda. Throughout the play we see that every time Tom and Amanda argue, he flees to the movies for a period of time and at times returns drunk. Amanda fears that one day Tom will be fed up dealing with so much responsibility that ...

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... . Tom tries to escape reality by going to the movie theaters nearly every night. He uses the movies to fantasize Turbessi 2 about a better life for himself. He imagines himself on great adventures inside the movies because he has no real adventure in his own life. In the movies he is the hero. He can imagine away all of his problems. The amount of time ... and lives her life through them. She imagines an interactive relationship with them. They are more important to her than anyone besides possibly Tom and Amanda. In addition, she plays old records on a wind up Victrola phonograph. Whene...

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... where she was prior to seeing him. Immediately after handing the broken unicorn over to Jim, Laura resumes with her old routine; she goes to the old victrola and plays the old records left by her father. She bites her lip which was trembling and then bravely smiles. She opens her hand ... is a subservient male whose mother manipulates him to financially support the family. He retreats from his mother and his responsibilities through the illusionary world of movies and alcohol. The responsibility of caring for his mother and sister were thrust upon him with the desertion of his father. T...

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... where she was prior to seeing him. Immediately after handing the broken unicorn over to Jim, Laura resumes with her old routine; she goes to the old victrola and plays the old records left by her father. She bites her lip which was trembling and then bravely smiles. She opens her hand ... is a subservient male whose mother manipulates him to financially support the family. He retreats from his mother and his responsibilities through the illusionary world of movies and alcohol. The responsibility of caring for his mother and sister were thrust upon him with the desertion of his father. T...

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... , and because of that, she has no self- confidence. Laura is aware that no decent man would like to marry her. The most important things in Laura's life are some old records that belonged to her father, and her collection of glass figures. Tom, Amanda's son, supports his family despite his unhappiness with his world. He tries to please Amanda by ... being the sole supporter, but only gets rewarded by her constant nagging and suspicion. Eventually, Tom discovers that he is more like his father as he seeks adventure in the movies. He hangs out on the fire escape to avoid suffocation from h...

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