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Tom, then, is the central male figure in the family. Their father has abandoned them some many years before, and so it has fallen...

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

clearly tied to Puritan religious practice, it nevertheless also has a political dimension that was particularly apt to the era in...

decides rather early on that each of them would be better off without the other to feed, fuel and nurture the dysfunction of their...

shift constantly, and she appears sometimes pitiable, sometimes conniving, sometimes difficult to escape. Descriptions of Tom and...

she clearly lives in the past. At the time in which the play takes place Amanda has apparently raised her two children to adulthoo...

In six pages this paper analyzes the plays The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Night of the ...

In 5 pages this paper examines the masterful use of symbolism by Tennessee Williams in The Glass Menagerie. There are 6 sources c...

his mother Amanda, and his sister Laura retreat into their own safe havens of illusion. As one critic observed, "No matter how ur...

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how the authors utilize symbolism in these respective works. Seven sources are c...

at home. He has to find some way to escape without destroying his family the way his father had sixteen years ago. It is for this ...

for she "She breathes with motherly tenderness and love for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretche...

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

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...

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...

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...

scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...

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...

of the American theater; it is also one of the first to combine realism and symbolism successfully. This paper discusses Williamss...

This paper contrasts and compares these female characters and their life experiences described by William Kennedy in Ironweed in t...

In three pages this essay discusses this short story by Tennessee Williams in an analysis of techniques....

In four pages a thematic analysis of The Glass Menagerie is presented. There are no other sources listed....

function as one interfused mass of automatism" (Williams 3). This is a setting that exists perhaps in every large city in the na...

of Blue Mountains finest male suitors. She makes frequent mention of Blue Mountain and Blue Roses, and one can assume this symbol...

in his pocket (Williams 22). He frequently reminds the audience that they are watching a "memory play," which means he possesses ...

With Amanda and Laura however, it is the way into reality (Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie). In the case of Laura the fire escape...

part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen...