Glass Menagerie 3
Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is about the struggle with the hardships reality throws at the characters. In this American memory play, produced in 1945, Amanda Wingfield hides from life and lives hers through separate illusions. Amanda resides in an apartment in St. Louis with her two children, Laura and Tom, the narrator. The play circulates around the Wingfields and Jim who is a gentleman caller. In an aside Tom forewarns the readers that the characters, setting, props, and effects are not meant to be real. The purposes of these things are rather to serve as metaphors and symbols of reality. As the setting is an illusion, Amanda also depends heavily on the use of illusions. This is very significant to the play because Williams’ portrayal of the Wingfields and how they perceive reality shows how out of touch they are. Amanda survives on account of her illusions, which protect her from the painful facts of life, allowing her to escape the frenzy of life itself. Amanda lives mainly in the past and her memory recalls experiences she cherished while living as a young “southern belle.” The reader is not aware if these reminiscences are genuine or if they are wh
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Approximate Word count = 1254
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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