In Tennessee William’s 1945 play, “The Glass Menagerie” we are provided with many stage directions that help the audience understand the plays important aspects of the setting, as well as its central idea. The narrator and protagonist Tom Wingfield, takes the audience on a journey to a past memory of his life with his mother Amanda Wingfield, sister Laura Wingfield, and Jim O’Conner. In the play we are introduced to memory set in the city of St. Louis were Amanda yearns for her daughter Laura, who is disabled, to find a suitor. Tom invites the audience into his version of The Glass Menagerie.
The setting takes place in an ally in St. Louis in the Wingfield apartment, located in the rear of the building. The apartment is crowded around other cellular like apartment within the dark ally and houses lower middle class families. The setting symbolically reflects the conflicts faced by the characters. The scene is set in a dimly lighted apartment separated by an upstairs dining room and downstairs sleeping room. This gives the audience the plays atmosphere, which can be interrupted a depressive or give you a sence of confinement. The setting screams depression, where the characters are faced with the harsh reality of life. In the play Williams states, “At the rise of the curtain, the audience is faced with the dark, grim rear wall of the …show more content…
Tom’s desire is to leave this reality and explore new things, but was faced with living in a crowded apartment and working in a warehouse. Amanda’s desire to improve her children’s lifestyle has motivated her to give her to change her circumstances, thus finding a gentleman suitor for her daughter Laura. Laura desire to avoid reality is altered when she struggles to please both her mother and father. Due to the characters situation, the play’s setting plays a big part in representing the characters desires and
The setting takes place in an ally in St. Louis in the Wingfield apartment, located in the rear of the building. The apartment is crowded around other cellular like apartment within the dark ally and houses lower middle class families. The setting symbolically reflects the conflicts faced by the characters. The scene is set in a dimly lighted apartment separated by an upstairs dining room and downstairs sleeping room. This gives the audience the plays atmosphere, which can be interrupted a depressive or give you a sence of confinement. The setting screams depression, where the characters are faced with the harsh reality of life. In the play Williams states, “At the rise of the curtain, the audience is faced with the dark, grim rear wall of the …show more content…
Tom’s desire is to leave this reality and explore new things, but was faced with living in a crowded apartment and working in a warehouse. Amanda’s desire to improve her children’s lifestyle has motivated her to give her to change her circumstances, thus finding a gentleman suitor for her daughter Laura. Laura desire to avoid reality is altered when she struggles to please both her mother and father. Due to the characters situation, the play’s setting plays a big part in representing the characters desires and