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be "good" persons. But what does it mean to be "good"? I understand that to be good means to follow "their" rules, the churchs rul...
Levy believes that Laura is solely focused on her vulnerability, which is symbolized by the fragility of the glass (Levy). He writ...
In the beginning of the play one sees how Willy has no respect for his son Biff. He argues with his wife saying "Biff is a lazy bu...
slowly come to a point where he realizes he is out of time and "His mind has run out of control. He is confused and no longer able...
hopefully connect with the real world enough so that he is not mired in the dysfunctional and fantasy world that his mother and li...
own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...
and makes his way to her dressing room. He knocks, but then quickly enters the room, knowing that she is expecting him. The dan...
decides rather early on that each of them would be better off without the other to feed, fuel and nurture the dysfunction of their...
clearly tied to Puritan religious practice, it nevertheless also has a political dimension that was particularly apt to the era in...
see the beauty in one who does not like reality, while Walkers story offers up, in many ways, a negative look at one who is not wi...
in his pocket (Williams 22). He frequently reminds the audience that they are watching a "memory play," which means he possesses ...
be an enduringly popular play. Not as sensational as A Streetcar Named Desire, it offers just as bleak a portrait of a family stru...
be physically there in the production; the idea that she has a handicap, according to Williams, need only be suggested. The proble...
tries to tell the girl that her physical problems are minor and not noticeable-when the girl has her leg in a brace (Williams). Th...
Tom, then, is the central male figure in the family. Their father has abandoned them some many years before, and so it has fallen...
scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...
these women are not too controlling in relationship to every move their children make. This does not mean that one or the other wi...
This essay deal specifically with the character of Laura from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. The writer discusses her ...
This essay pertains to Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and how each play hand...
In six pages this paper discusses pure glass and polymer laminated glass properties and how laminated products are useful in the p...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how the authors utilize symbolism in these respective works. Seven sources are c...
flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...
quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...
function as one interfused mass of automatism" (Williams 3). This is a setting that exists perhaps in every large city in the na...
around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...
In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...
the one who is primarily the main focus of the play and it is her collection that bears the title of the story, as she collects gl...
of Blue Mountains finest male suitors. She makes frequent mention of Blue Mountain and Blue Roses, and one can assume this symbol...
wall, "deserted his wife and children sixteen years earlier" (Koprince and Bloom). Tom describes him as a "a telephone man who fel...
With Amanda and Laura however, it is the way into reality (Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie). In the case of Laura the fire escape...