1) In the 1940’s the American dream was for individuals to be equal to each other. Men and women could be free to follow their own dreams in life, and be treated fairly. Americans wanted to create their own individual wealth, success and their own economic leadership in society.
a. Williams’s message is how the Wingfield’s live in poverty and are trying to survive day by day. Even though they all want to escape the life they are living it still comes with a price and is not always easier. Tom wants to escape his life, like the magician escapes from the coffin, without damaging it. While Tom does leave to follow his dream he realizes that there is no such thing as freedom. Tom has the image of Laura haunting him of guilt for the rest of his …show more content…
She is upset that the evening was expensive for them and her dreams for Laura are shattered. Amanda hoped that Jim and Laura would make a connection and have the life she always wanted her daughter to have. Laura was feeling sick when she learned who was coming to dinner. She is self-conscious of herself due to her illness. When she finally starts to talk to Jim about how she remembered him from high school and they start to open up to each other. Jim tries to build up Laura’s confidence and he tells her she is beautiful. When he kisses her he makes her feel like he wants her, and then he tells her that he is going to be marrying someone else. When she shows him her glass unicorn and it falls off the table and breaks. She tells him it is okay, but he now has broken the two of them. The night ends in disaster. Amanda and Laura were hurt by the way things ended that night, but in their own …show more content…
Amanda and Tom do not see eye to eye and argue a lot, which makes their relationship very tense. Amanda pushes Tom away by always nagging him and Tom is trying to tolerate his mother. Amanda tries to dominate her daughter and forces her to do things in life that she does not want to do. Amanda is demanding of her children. She is oblivious to how unhappy Tom is and how Laura is painfully shy. Amanda is trying to relive her past through Laura, ever since her husband abandoned them. Laura is afraid of the world outside the apartment. Amanda wants Laura to have a job, a husband and maybe have children of her own.
4) The word “menagerie” means a collection of wild animals. In “The Glass Menagerie” Laura has her own private collection, which represents her. She is a fragile and very unique character. The unicorn that is Laura’s favorite is also very unique, and is the symbol of Laura’s love which is very special and different. When light shines through the glass figurines it refracts a rainbow. The glass figurines are beautiful in the light just like Laura is. When she allows Jim to hold it she is telling him that she trusts him, but when Jim breaks the unicorn it symbolizes how Laura will never find true
a. Williams’s message is how the Wingfield’s live in poverty and are trying to survive day by day. Even though they all want to escape the life they are living it still comes with a price and is not always easier. Tom wants to escape his life, like the magician escapes from the coffin, without damaging it. While Tom does leave to follow his dream he realizes that there is no such thing as freedom. Tom has the image of Laura haunting him of guilt for the rest of his …show more content…
She is upset that the evening was expensive for them and her dreams for Laura are shattered. Amanda hoped that Jim and Laura would make a connection and have the life she always wanted her daughter to have. Laura was feeling sick when she learned who was coming to dinner. She is self-conscious of herself due to her illness. When she finally starts to talk to Jim about how she remembered him from high school and they start to open up to each other. Jim tries to build up Laura’s confidence and he tells her she is beautiful. When he kisses her he makes her feel like he wants her, and then he tells her that he is going to be marrying someone else. When she shows him her glass unicorn and it falls off the table and breaks. She tells him it is okay, but he now has broken the two of them. The night ends in disaster. Amanda and Laura were hurt by the way things ended that night, but in their own …show more content…
Amanda and Tom do not see eye to eye and argue a lot, which makes their relationship very tense. Amanda pushes Tom away by always nagging him and Tom is trying to tolerate his mother. Amanda tries to dominate her daughter and forces her to do things in life that she does not want to do. Amanda is demanding of her children. She is oblivious to how unhappy Tom is and how Laura is painfully shy. Amanda is trying to relive her past through Laura, ever since her husband abandoned them. Laura is afraid of the world outside the apartment. Amanda wants Laura to have a job, a husband and maybe have children of her own.
4) The word “menagerie” means a collection of wild animals. In “The Glass Menagerie” Laura has her own private collection, which represents her. She is a fragile and very unique character. The unicorn that is Laura’s favorite is also very unique, and is the symbol of Laura’s love which is very special and different. When light shines through the glass figurines it refracts a rainbow. The glass figurines are beautiful in the light just like Laura is. When she allows Jim to hold it she is telling him that she trusts him, but when Jim breaks the unicorn it symbolizes how Laura will never find true