... "The Glass Menagerie," and "A Rose Tattoo". In the play "The glass Menagerie", in this play the most autobiographical character is Mr. Wingfield which is Amanda's husband. He is a handsome man who worked as a salesman for a telephone company and abandoned his family years before the action of the ... this subject in many of his plays. "Williams expands American stage dialogue in vocabulary, image rhythm, and range". (Cohn 129). In a way Mr. Wingfield is a reflection of Williams" father because both of them treated bad and abandoned their family, they were both Alcohol addicts, and had t...

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... each character attempt to escape reality, we will examine the symbols, which gave each character an opportunity for escape. We will first look at Amanda Wingfield. She is the mother of Tom and Laura and is portrayed as a loving but over zealous mother, who at times is controlling and nagging ... Living on a plantation and coming from a wealthy family, Amanda never went without the finer things in life. All this changed after Amanda married Mr. Wingfield, a telephone man, and left the plantation life for city life. Even though Amanda had left the south, she always carried herself with tha...

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... for such adventure. However, he has no patience and he desires adventure immediately, justifying his eagerness to leave. In the end of the play, Tom is able to escape the Wingfield house in a physical sense, but is unable to truly escape due to his emotions. Tom tells: I descended the steps of the fire escape for a last time, and followed, from then ... as a means of temporarily escaping, yet he is not actually able to leave. Likewise, when he finally does depart from the Wingfield house, he is still unable to fully escape and he remains in the same situation as before. Tom Wingfield ye...

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... St. Louis. The play consists of only four main characters or actors; a mother, brother, sister, and the gentleman caller round out the people. The names given by Williams are; Amanda Wingfield to the mother, Laura the daughter, Tom the brother who narrates the play, and Jim the gentleman caller. The story progresses along the lines of Amanda searching for a mate for ... about this man, and how he escaped from inside of a nailed shut box. Everything now seems to be pointing towards the idea of a grand scheme in the workings by the Wingfield women, but Toms" love for his sister will keep ...

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... aware of the deception and illusion at his home, and has decided the only way to survive is to leave. Finally, Jim is introduced as he is welcomed to the Wingfield residence when he makes the important house call. By this point, Williams has made it apparent the Wingfields are not the run-of-the-mill family; in contrast, they have ... . If Jim can't bring the harsh reality to this family what is to happen? Has the reader been given the resolution? Jim is only a page in the chapter about the Wingfield's. He has given Laura a glimpse of what might have been, but he will return to his life ...

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• Grade Level: High School