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The Glass Menagerie-Alesha Jeter ITR 2 Summary: In Modern American Drama, we read a play by Tennessee Williams titled Streetcar Named Desire. This play is about the mental decline of a woman named Blanche Dubois who goes to live with her sister for a while. Her husband, who was actually gay, had killed himself and the rest of her family is dead as well. The play that I read in comparison was a play titled The Glass Menagerie, also by Tennessee Williams. This play is about a woman named Amanda Wingfield

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play narrated by the main character and son, Tom Wingfield. It takes place in their apartment in St Louis, 1937. The father left them years ago leaving Tom to support the family. He works in a shoe warehouse, a job in which he hates and wants to leave, but can't because he has a duty to support the family. His mother, Amanda is loving and caring but nags too much, annoying Tom. She expresses the desire for her daughter, Laura, who is crippling shy, to have "gentlemen

Workplace 1-Is there still a glass ceiling for women in the workplace? Is there one for men? What progress has or can be made to break through it for all employees? What about glass walls? The glass cliff? Are these real roadblocks for men and women in certain careers or is there more to them than gender? A glass ceiling is defined as a barrier that prevents a particular gender from rising reaching a particular hierarchical level in a workplace. Today the glass ceiling is still very intact especially

After reading The Glass Menagerie, if I got to play a character, I would choose to be Laura. Although my background does not really relate to her background, I do feel that the two of us share similar personality traits. Laura has a shy personality and is not able to express herself. Also, she gets sick if something upsets her. I would not say my personality is completely like hers, but there were some spots while reading the play where I realized that I had done the same thing or felt the same way

In the play The Glass Menagerie, glass symbolizes the vulnerability of Laura's character as well as the struggle of society as a whole during that time period. Many of Amanda's illusions are geared towards the thought of money because of the poverty she and her family face. Her illusions, along with Jim's, are the embodiment of the American dream in which many Americans believe in, yet never achieve (Stein). The irony of the play lies within the fact that the characters, such as Amanda and Jim, express

The Glass Castle As I first started reading The Glass Castle by Jane Walls the novel immediately caught my attention. There were many things that I found to interesting throughout the novel. Through my reading I also found certain characters or events to be annoying. The first thing I found to be interesting is staring the novel with her mother. Wall’s mother is rummaging through the dumpster and she goes out of her way to avoid her mother. “I was overcome with panic that she’s see me and call out

The Glass Menagerie is a portrait of the Wingfield family the hysterical Amanda, her writer son, Tom, and her crippled daughter, Laura. It mythologizes Williams's guilt-ridden attempt to flee his mother in order to claim his artistic destiny, but it is also Edwina's narrative of the Williams family a saga of hatred, abandonment, abuse, self-sacrifice, and endurance. Tom works in a factory and tries to escape his mundane life by finding adventure through the movies he goes to see. Jim a friend who

During the 1930s, the US went through a rough period in their history. Due to a major stock market crash, the US fell into the Great Depression. Many people were forced to live with little or no money. The play, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams is set in St. Louis, Missouri during this period of time. Amanda, the mother of the family, lives in an apartment in the city with her two children, Tom and Laura. Tom's job at the warehouse and the small pay from Amanda's telemarketer job help to

Various situations can lead to a woman to be too mothering. It is a factor that transcends real life. This conflict causing dynamic is very prevalent in numerous stories, films, and plays. Two plays where it is shown in significance are Machinal and The Glass Menagerie. In both cases, the actions taken by the mother roles in the shows, resulted in some of the character’s roles ending in unfortunate events of some sort. Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal was loosely based and inspired by the murder trial

In Tennessee William's play, The Glass Menagerie, shows a family in denial and living in a illusionary life. The character of Tom is both a son and a brother. Tom has also been forced into the role as the man of the house because of his father's departure. Tom is very unique character. Tom is selfish but he has a strong need for adventure. He has decided to go against everyone in his family. He goes against them by wanting to leave his depressing life in a factory job and to pursue a chance in the