Wingfield

character. This fact is especially evident in the character of Mrs. Amanda Wingfield, an aged mother from a traditional southern family, who is constantly controlling the lives of her children. Amanda is crippled with a fear of abandonment and an obsession with finding a man for her daughter since her own husband left the family. Mrs. Wingfield’s overbearing inclinations lead to the overall degeneration of the family. Amanda Wingfield is constantly fretting over her son Tom. He is a warehouse worker with

Laura Wingfield, from the classic play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, plays a pivotal and probably the most significant role in the story. She plays a physically and emotionally crippled young woman who unlike the rest of her immediate family, always seems to have a sense of compassion. Laura is always trying to keep peace in the Wingfield apartment, giving us a small sense of her character. The sheer fact that Laura has the least amount of lines in the play only adds to her selflessness

The character I chose to be if I had the opportunity to be a role in this play would be Tom Wingfield. The reason I chose this character was because when reading the play, I related and connected with his character the most and what I have gone through in my life personally. His desire for adventure and wanting to know more than what his life is at the very moment was a huge part of my life growing up. Like him I felt trapped and depressed in what my day to day life was and wanted so badly a way

Amanda Wingfield, in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, is extremely self-assured, devout to the past, controlling, and delusional. She is faced with raising two children during the Great Depression after being deserted by her husband and is keen on keeping her children close. This is mainly due to the fact that she is still haunted by her husband leaving her. Unfortunately, she uses guilt and criticism to manipulate her children to keep them close and control their lives. Amanda’s browbeat

Walter C. Wingfield came up with a great invention of “Lawn Tennis” by applying past knowledge to new situations. The internationally known tennis athlete, Monica Seles stated, “Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it” (Seles, 2016). On October 16, 1833, Wingfield was born in Reuben, Denbighshire, Wales. He was from an English family. His mother died in 1836 after the birth of her second child and his father died of a bowel obstruction 10

This novel illustrates multiple characters with unique personalities. One of them is Tom Wingfield, which is the son of Amanda and lives in a materialistic society. His mother depends on him to support the family. However, Tom does not want the responsibility to care for the house and his family and chooses to leave instead. In addition, the fire escape is an important object in the play. Tom is a character that uniquely reacts to the society in The Glass Menagerie. He shows how a person can act

Plot synopsis: This play is a memory play introduced by the main character and narrator, Tom Wingfield, based on his recollection of his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. After their father leaves them their family is stuck living in the past. Tom works at a warehouse trying his best to support his sister and mother. Tom often finds himself bored and uses cinema movies and drinking to escape his everyday life. Amanda, Tom’s mother, is obsessed with finding a gentleman caller for Tom’s sister,

Missouri. The main characters are Tom Wingfield, Amanda Wingfield, Tom’s mother, Laura Wingfield, Tom’s older sister, and Jim O’Conner, Laura’s gentleman caller. Laura Wingfield owns and collects a glass menagerie that is very symbolic throughout the play. A glass menagerie is a collection of animals that are kept to be trained or exhibited. Laura takes pride in her glass menagerie. Laura’s glass menagerie is an escape to her own little world. Laura Wingfield has a disability with her leg; one leg

two in an everyday routine, and a lot of the time people struggle on discovering the best way to handle questionable integrity situations. It can be very challenging balancing the happiness of everyone else and the happiness of the individual. Tom Wingfield nor Jim O'Connor are completely fulfilled with their lifestyle, Tom seems to show more genuine emotions toward others and himself while Jim appears to focus more on his outward appearances and how people

Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie experiences several restrictions and limitations throughout the play based on the situation he is currently in and the expectations that are put upon him. The most evident of these are the external limitations of the warehouse and the stress and expectations put upon him by Amanda, his own mother. From his first monologue, Tom discusses to the audience directly his feeling to the restrictions put upon him and other dreamers in the warehouse and the rest of the