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Fantasy in James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...

Tennessee Williams' Style of Writing

Within these tragedies, the unfortunate fate of the hero or heroine is usually determined by some type of sexual desire. The them...

Social Failure in Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie”

In many ways the social failure of America as a whole at this time in history is symbolized by the personal failure experienced...

Shakespeare’s “Merry War”: Gender Roles in “Twelfth Night” and “Much Ado about Nothing”

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

Comparative Analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

the additional mouth to feed will put the family into jeopardy. The audience knows that she is considering abortion. To end all of...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Jim's Character

path to happiness. When Jim comes over for dinner on that fateful evening, he is in several instances cold and behaves selfishly....

Character Comparison and Contrast of Laura in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Sophocles' Antigone

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

Laura, In Williams’ Glass Menagerie

to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

Shakespeare’s View of Father/Daughter Relationships

surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...

Delores Williams' Sisters in the Wilderness

"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...

Comparing Shakespeare's The Tempest and Measure for Measure

central conflict involves Claudio, who had been living out of wedlock with his lover, Juliet, prior to her marriage and she subseq...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Staging

we look at the content of the play and how it may be staged we have a better idea of how to interpret the work. It is after lookin...

Williams' Glass Menagerie/Role of Illusion

wall, "deserted his wife and children sixteen years earlier" (Koprince and Bloom). Tom describes him as a "a telephone man who fel...

Disorder and the Chain of Being in Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, howev...

Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Third Act

and nothing to do with the prank that Oberon is playing through Puck. They happen to enter into the midst of the chaos however, an...

Top Journalist Falters

Brian Williams, NBC news anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, was one of the most trusted journalists in mass media. Ev...