Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie: Acts 1-3 Through the first eight chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, the main character in the book, has done something that she, and the citizens of the village, do not approve of. Hester has cheated on her husband with another man and had the other man’s baby. For this action, she was publicly humiliated by having to stand in front of the whole town with her baby and the letter A sewn onto her. Throughout this journey, Hester and her daughter Pearl are learning

1. What is the role of the glass menagerie in the play? What are two things it represents? What does the glass unicorn symbolize? Answer: The glass menagerie is a metaphor for a fragile life. It represents beauty and fantasy. The glass unicorn symbolizes how Laura doesn't feel like she is normal in comparison to others. Like unicorns, which do not actually exist. (20 points) 2. What significant internal conflicts in each character create the tension in the family? Describe the inner conflict

Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire was an American written play that housed many themes. In the play, Blanche Dubois came to New Orleans to stay with her sister and brother-in-law for an undisclosed amount of time. She arrives under the pretense that she has taken a leave of absence from teaching in Mississippi due to stress and nerves. However, Blanche is actually running from her past. Most of her family has died, including her husband. Since then, she has been leaving a life of promiscuity

throughout the play. She has no friends and considers herself crippled. Amanda always yells at Laura whenever Laura calls herself crippled. The word crippled cannot be said in the house. She is supposed to be going to college but she dropped out. Williams stated that Laura dropped out of college by, “Laura, where have you been going when you’ve gone out pretending that you were going to business college” (14). Amanda is disappointed in her for dropping out and not telling her. Amanda is not pleased

My film analysis In Elia Kazan’s 1951 film, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” many intense elements are incorporated, including those of a heartless antagonist, a whimsical protagonist, and several supporting characters who help to portray the principle themes and advance the plot. In this film, the genre of Southern gothic, the setting in a miserable, cramped apartment building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the overall plot contribute to the main underlying themes of human cruelty

The Glass Menagerie stands out as a piece of writing for many reasons. I personally believe that it’s recognition is gained through how blunt it is. The characters are exactly what they present themselves to be and the issues and problems they go through are exactly that. It is unique to many of the books that i’ve read especially these other three I address later on in my essay. These other books have a variable of different topics they cover. “The Bluest Eye” covers many things from colorism and

Boy did this story turn a surprising direction. After a lovely dinner, Laura and Jim retire into the living room to talk. There Jim finds out that he went to school with Laura, as well as find out that Laura was one of his adoring fans. This, however, is when things start to get swayed. Jim starts going off about how Laura needs to overcome this shyness she has had cast over her life. He talks with such passion and sway, that Laura starts falling for him. One thing leads to another, and Jim ends

The Anatomy of Gray was a play performed by the Southern Union Wadley Campus Theatre. The play took place in the small town of Gray, Indiana where, according to the main character, June Muldoon, nothing ever happened. The town was full of good country folk, Rebekah Muldoon, June’s mother, Phineaus Wingfield, the town priest, Tiny Wingfield, the priest’s sister, Crutch Collins, the local farmer, Belva Collins, Crutch Collins’ wife, Maggie, the owner of the town diner, and Homer, the local farmer boy

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

One of the main themes in A Streetcar Named Desire is madness. Blanche is used to depict madness throughout the play. Her madness stems from one specific event: the suicide of her late husband, Allan. She feels as though she was the one who pushed him to kill himself. While telling the story of Allan to Mitch, she says, “It was because of－on the dance-floor－unable to stop myself－I’d suddenly said－‘I saw! I know! You disgust me…’”(96). The tremendous guilt that she feels contributes to her downfall