... the construction of Tom Wingfield's memory. There are important autobiographical aspects in The Glass Menagerie and the characters which it depicts. These biographical connections are important in understanding the characters. Tennessee Williams himself admits the fact that his works are to some extent autobiographical: My answer is that every word [in my plays] is autobiographical and no word is autobiographical. You ... in life and his works. In fact, examining the similarities of the characters of the play and the real characters in Williams life gives a deeper insight into their pers...

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... pointed out by Tom. In one obvious sense, the truth behind the illusion is autobiographical. Tom is the playwright's stand-in. Tennessee Williams (born Thomas Lanier Williams) was an aspiring poet in St. Louis when he lived with his family and, at his father's behest, worked in a shoe ... family's poverty, general boredom. On a larger level, that coffin can be seen as membership in the "fundamentally enslaved section of American society" that Williams describes in the stage directions. The Wingfield's apartment does not have a balcony or porch; it has a fire escape landing. This is no ac...

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