In The Glass Menagerie’s exposition the audience were introduced to three important characters. These important characters were: Tom, Amanda, and Laura. The main conflict of the play was revealed here. It revolved around Amanda’s pressure on her children. Amanda wanted to control both Tom and Laura’s life. From the beginning, Amanda was shown as very controlling. The audience saw this when Amanda tried to dominate the way Tom ate. Immediately, Amanda tried to control Laura. She does this by insisting that Laura married a gentleman caller as soon as possible. Amanda wanted for Laura to have gentlemen callers like she did in her old days. Tom and Laura are both very tired of their mother. Amanda’s desire to control both of their lives helped
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She wants to fully control Tom and Laura’s life. Both Tom and Laura have dreams of their own, but Amanda had a difficult time understanding this. She struggled with listening to her children because she was too busy babbling about her past. Amanda demanded for Laura to find a gentleman caller, but Laura didn’t want to. The reason for this is because Laura was shy and crippled. She was ashamed of herself and found a hard time expressing her true feelings. At the same time, Amanda wanted for Tom to keep working because she depended on Tom’s earnings to survive. Unlike Laura, in one scene Tom expressed his frustration with living in Amanda’s own little world full of dreams. He expressed how he’s tired of his mother’s demandings and had dreams of his own. Tom has a hard time pursuing his dreams because he had to take care of his family. Tensions rose when Tom brought a gentleman caller to the house. This gentleman caller turned out to be Laura’s old high school crush. As if this wasn’t bad enough, Jim had expressed to Laura that he was engaged. Laura was devastated them Tom would do something like this. Tom ended up leaving Laura and Amanda behind. Later on, he had trouble carrying a burden of guilt and lived with memories of
She wants to fully control Tom and Laura’s life. Both Tom and Laura have dreams of their own, but Amanda had a difficult time understanding this. She struggled with listening to her children because she was too busy babbling about her past. Amanda demanded for Laura to find a gentleman caller, but Laura didn’t want to. The reason for this is because Laura was shy and crippled. She was ashamed of herself and found a hard time expressing her true feelings. At the same time, Amanda wanted for Tom to keep working because she depended on Tom’s earnings to survive. Unlike Laura, in one scene Tom expressed his frustration with living in Amanda’s own little world full of dreams. He expressed how he’s tired of his mother’s demandings and had dreams of his own. Tom has a hard time pursuing his dreams because he had to take care of his family. Tensions rose when Tom brought a gentleman caller to the house. This gentleman caller turned out to be Laura’s old high school crush. As if this wasn’t bad enough, Jim had expressed to Laura that he was engaged. Laura was devastated them Tom would do something like this. Tom ended up leaving Laura and Amanda behind. Later on, he had trouble carrying a burden of guilt and lived with memories of