Glass

the book, which is referenced many times throughout, is the Glass Castle, a house that Jeannette’s father, Rex Walls, is planning to build, once they get a bit more money. In early childhood, Jeannette truly believes in the dream of the Glass Castle, trusting her Dad to build it. “When Dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle….. Sometimes he’d pull them out and let us work…

The characters in Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie all have a delusional state of mind, shown by the inner psychology when read with a psychoanalytical approach. The play is written in the style of expressionistic. In the first sentence of the Production Notes it says “it is a memory play.” “Memory play” suggests that it is a play worked out in one’s mental process, rather than a real life representation. Instead of external reality, the idea becomes the primary concern of…

and the city’s surrounding. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is an autobiographical journal about her life and her family. The book features her family and her relationship with every single one of her family members. She is especially close to her highly intelligent father with a passion for logic and alcohol, Rex Walls. The parents of Walls are regularly move from city to city because of the lack of security in parenthood and their failure to keep their…

also the lack of freedom due to his homosexuality ("About Tennessee Williams"). In an effort to liberate himself both spiritually and financially, Williams began writing plays, many of which have a crafted resemblance to his own childhood (Bray). The Glass Menagerie, an expressionist play set during the Great Depression, underscores the emotional tension existing between the three members of the Wingfield Family: the mother Amanda, daughter Laura, and son Tom. Amanda, due to her obsession with…

Symbolism plays a huge role in the play, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams. Throughout the play, Williams uses symbols to represent and show different aspects of things. It makes the viewer/reader discover the underlying meaning of these objects. For example, a dove can symbolize peacefulness, holy spirit, and purity. Another example, in Williams, play the apartment in which they live in, it symbolizes something different for each character. For Tom, it symbolizes prison, for Laura…

While I have not had nearly as many hardships in my life as Jeannette Walls in her book The Glass Castle, there are still some things that her and I have in common. Throughout the book, Walls endured many struggles while traveling with her dysfunctional family. Jeannette’s father is constantly getting in the way of her success, from stealing her money to not always making her go to school. Eventually, she leaves her parents behind and makes her way to New York City, where she goes to college and…

single time you begin to stand on your feet. Poverty arrives easily and like an unwanted pest; it is challenging to get rid of. One has to be open to living a completely different lifestyle than what they are used to or what they wish. The novel, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls is a perfect example of a child’s development through poverty. In fact, it is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ life. Throughout the novel, her and her family take on different roles, they test their trust and…

Have there been that one or two people that affected your life in one way or another, and do you remember that story in your life? Well “The Glass Menagerie” written by Tennessee Williams in 1944 is a tale with many stories that are ties by family. The setting is the key to each one. The characters are also each independently living in a tale of their own even thought they are related. The time period is also a key to the story in the play. This is one of the most telling illusions that is being…

a heated argument that ends in the shattering of a part of Laura's glass menagerie. During their fight, Tom expresses his unhappiness with his life and his desire to start a new one for himself. Nonetheless, Tom can not leave due to his emotional ties to Laura. He does not know how to go and find his happiness without hurting her. As the fight comes to a conclusion, Tom storms out of the room, accidentally smashing Laura's glass collection in the process. Instantly, “Laura cries out as if…

the stained glass windows was one of the best technique in Gothic Cathedrals. It has the most beautiful and inspiring stained glass windows that tell biblical stories from The Holy Bible. In the medieval century, Gothic Cathedrals had unique stained glass windows that were high above to allow light to shine through and make the features come to life. By understanding the fundamentals of the…