The three works chosen for this essay are The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, "Popular Mechanics" by Raymond Carver, and "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke. In the three works chosen many differences in the treatment of children appear. From love, to hate, and ... simple absence, but no matter the form of emotion or the result of the treatment there's one thing they all share. They all leave an Impact! In "the Glass Menagerie" Williams lists five characters but in the play there only four roles. This comes because the father is non-existent and isn't in the family's lives, but don...

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In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams creates a world in which the characters are disillusioned by the present. Amanda, Laura and Tom achieve this disillusionment by resorting to separate worlds where they can find sanctuary. Each character ... Marines, a place where he can live out his dreams for adventure. Laura's problem, according to Jim, is her "inferiority complex" (691). However, she finds confidence in the old records she plays on the victrola and in her glass menagerie. Laura enjoys listening to old phonograph records that used to be her fathers". She retreats to the victrola ...

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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play about a family living during The Depression. Amanda, the mother, desperately tries to find her crippled daughter Laura a husband and while the man of the house, Tom, works to ... his memory, revealing everything from his point of view. "Tom: I am the narrator of the play, and also a character in it." (scene 1) Throughout he play, Tom stops playing a character and plays the narrator for a short while. Tom ends up as the main protagonist because the story is his story. In conclusion, Tom is the main protagonist in The Glass Menagerie. Tom ......

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• Grade Level: High School