Literary Analysis of The Glass Menagerie by Tenessee Williams

There is not one comic or movie, where Superman fails to save the day, where in the end he does not win. The Harry always defeats the Voldemort. This is because when a Christ figure is developed, there are certain expectations that go along with that. However, what happens when a Christ figure fails to fulfill their duty? In The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, Laura’s mother Amanda wants Laura to have a suitor. Finally, Tom —Laura’s sister— invites Jim O’Connor, one of his friends from work over to have a meal. Amanda goes into a frenzy preparing for him, and when he arrives he appears like the perfect suitor. As the night goes on, Jim eventually seduces Laura and then leaves in a rush. In Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie, Williams uses a ironic Christ figure to demonstrate how illusions tear a family apart.

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), born Thomas Lanier Williams and is considered by be one of the leading playwright of his age and post-World War II America. He took many of the elements of his plays from his own life. He was born in Columbus, MS, to a violent, aggressive traveling salesman and a high-minded, puritanical, preacher 's daughter. He had an older sister named Rose, who he adored, but suffered from mental problems that eventually caused her to be institutionalized. Rose was the model for several of Williams characters,His family moved to St. Louis at some point in his childhood. Williams attended a succession of universities before he finally received his degree in playwriting. Between stints in college, he worked for three years in a shoe factory.

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play written by Tennessee Williams in 1944 which tells about the life a family of three. This play is an incredible piece because it is based off the life of Tennessee Williams himself; the main characters are Amanda, the mother, Tom, the son, and Laura, the daughter. In Paul Newman’s depiction of the play which has been converted into a film, the film perfectly uses acts out every aspect of the play. Tennessee Williams keeps the audience attentive in his play, that’s why the film was successful. Williams accomplishes this through the character’s glass menageries, Laura’s emergence out of her shell and heartbreak, and the ending.

Amanda Wingfield is constantly fretting over her son Tom. He is a warehouse worker with aspirations of to be a famous poet. Amanda is in constant fear that Tom is going to lose his job or simply leave town; leaving his unemployed mother and sister to

The glass menagerie is a superb work of art by Tennessee Williams. It is a play that highlights the various realities and desperations of its characters in their response to a confused society. Williams has an admirable talent for creating a play that’s genre is serious and has a tragic ending; yet he keeps the story interesting to the audience whether it be through reading it as a text or in the theater.

In reading the play, the reader can see by Tom’s hurtful comments to his mother that his fear of living without intention makes him ambitious and aggressive to seek his own life.

A Glass Menagerie is a collection of small, wild animals which can be put out for display for public view. Tennessee Williams's play “The Glass Menagerie”, is about a family with personalities so different that they do not get along. The family could be considered wild animals all in their own way. In the story, Laura’s menagerie breaks multiple times at the slightest touch. The title of the play “The Glass Menagerie is represented by the entire family because, like the menagerie, each family member displays fragile characteristics.

The most important symbol in this play is the title itself, The Glass Menagerie. A menagerie is a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition; in this case it was Laura’s collection of glass animal figurines. The little figurines, especially the unicorn, represent a number of elements about Laura and the entire play itself. The glass is a symbol of fragility, which is also a key facet to the overall symbolism in this memory play. Like the Menagerie, Laura is unique, delicate, and somewhat childish.

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play with references to his own life concerning his sister and mother. During the play there are many reoccurring symbols, each symbol is crucial to the play in order to understand the idea of escape. Through the narrator's perspective, we are able to witness the mainstream family during a war depression era. We see a single mother, unable to accept change and retaining to the past; a sister, who has trouble dealing with reality and lives in a fictional world where she has become fragile and unable to function outside her house within society; and the narrator himself a young hardworking male figure within his house, whom the family depends upon. Tennessee Williams is able to create an eventful

In the play The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, a realism style drama is still being performed 50 years after its debut in New York. The plotline and title both center on Laura Wingfield’s glass menagerie collection. William’s used glass as a tool to represent fragility, both of individuals and of the Wingfield family. The evidence regarding importance of the glass menagerie is found in the fact that Tennessee Williams names the play after it. Through the title, individual characterization, and family dynamic, Williams intertwines the theme of fragility to tell the tale of the Wingfield family equating them to glass, which is both beautiful and fragile like all people.

The play called “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams didn’t end the why I predicted it to. I thought Laura, a girl who suffers man medical conditions, would marry Jim, an old time friend and crush of hers, and she’ll live a happy and normal rest of her life with him. Instead, I was disappointed to see that this “gentleman caller” was actually engaged with another woman named Betty after he has already made Laura think he loves her. Now, Laura will stay with her mother and menagerie glass collection never meeting other people because of how shy she it. Also, I was sure that Tom, her brother, would follow his dream when he decided to follow his father’s footsteps and leave his mother and sister. His dream was to travel the world

 Tom also makes a joke out of his father's abandonment.   He recalls his father as a "telephone man who fell in love with long distances".  He also speaks of the last time he heard from his father with another ironic twist, a postcard saying nothing but, "Hello-Goodbye".  Ironically, the last words spoken by Tom in the play are the same as his father's-"and so

“ The Glass Menagerie ”, a memory play by Tennessee Williams, not only depicts the depressing and unhappy lives of the Winfield family at St. Louis around 1930’s, but also highlights the obstacle for Tom to pursuing his dreams under the family obligations; the obstacle for Laura to overcoming shyness and inferiorities to interact with the

     Symbolism is a major aspect in Tennessee William's famous play, "The Glass Menagerie." On the surface, the short slice of life story seems to be simple. However, if the reader digs deeper they will find that there are several symbols that give the play a deeper meaning. Each character defines each symbol in a different way. Aside from character symbols, there is overall symbolism in this play. It is set in a memory, so it creates a soft, dream-like setting. This lends to the whole idea behind the play that the characters are unable to function in reality. "None of the characters are capable of living in the present. All of the characters retreat into their separate worlds to

Katharine Hepburn, the actress who plays Amanda Wingfield, does an excellent job portraying the abandoned mother who lives in a world of delusion and has a hard time accepting reality. In the script Amanda’s tone and mood was seen through the words on the paper. Immediately Amanda was noted as having a strong personality who is motivated to help her children succeed. Her body language and the way she spoke was very enthusiastic and paranoiac at the same time. She uses a lot of movement with her arms and hands almost in every scene. She is constantly worrying about her family's future and truly wants what's best for them. Amanda worrying, say, "What are we going to do, what is going to become of us, what is the future?" (756). Amanda is still reminiscing the past and struggles to look forward and see into the future. Her acceptance of reality is constantly challenged because of the memories of her husband and the past. The performance of Amanda in the film is interesting to watch with her energetic constant moving. Never is Amanda staying still or not doing something. The script showed Amanda’s personality but the film truly expressed the stubborn and protective