The Glass Castle

“She lives in a world of her own-A world of little glass ornaments…” (1.5.132) is how Laura Wingfield was described by her brother, in the play “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. In this play there are many significant objects that have a deep underlying meaning. “The Glass Menagerie” is not just the title of this play; it is also the foreground for it, and a major part of understanding Laura Wingfield’s character. Laura Wingfield is one of the main characters of Williams play in…

At the beginning of the movie,Toula is wishing for a different life.As she was growing up toula felt like she wasnt good enough.While her sister and cousins married greek men,Toula was stuck working at the family resturant.She wants to break out monotony of her ever repeating daily chores.So she goes to her father and tells him she would like to go to college to learn more about computers.Gus doesn´t want to hear that because he thinks she trying to leave the family.The rules are that Greek…

It’s the story of the universe and everything in it. We are born. We live. We die. What is the reason for us being on this Earth if we are just going to leave someday? Multiple different movies and plays and songs ask the same question, though very few actually bother to try answering it. What’s the point? A close look at the movies Hope Floats and Boyhood, the song Blest Be the Tie That Binds, and the poem Lucinda Matlock and a comparison of all these stories to a play called Our Town allows us…

In his essay “Irony and Distance in ‘The Glass Menagerie’”, Thomas L. King writes, “…for they are the world that the Wingfields were somehow set apart from, they are the ones who shattered the rainbow.” (King 214) Speaking on how the audience relates to the ending of Tennessee William’s most well-known work, King believes that such an act as that of Tom Wingfield abandoning his family represents the ultimate trick – a truth surrounded by subjective memory that can only be upheld from one point…

influences of the late medieval period. There were stained-glass art windows on the walls similar to other Catholic churches. This made me think that there must be connection between stained-glass window art and Catholicism. Each stained-glass window seems to depict a unique story behind them. I am not certain who everyone was in those painted stained-glass windows. What I am certain of was that there were not only divine beings in those stained-glass windows. Some of the biblical figures I saw…

In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, (rpt. in Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp, Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 12th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth, 2015] 1136-1185) each individual character thrives to make their fantasy reality. The story takes place around the same time frame as The Great Depression making the Wingfield’s dreams almost impossible to come true. Amanda, Laura, and Tom Wingfield are defiantly different, however the family all share the aspiration of a fantasy…

very infamous three types of Gender Discrimination. There will always be some sort of discrimination on an individual 's gender. Women get unequal pay because they 're not male, therefore they get paid less for it. As Well as having the Glass Ceiling. With the Glass Ceilings having females not reach positions that men can reach due to male being more superior. And finally the Diminished responsibilities where because their female it means they can’t take on a certain role or responsibilities as…

choices. Although mockingbirds are not a main plot point, they provide a feature that is essential to the novel. Much like To Kill a Mockingbird, many of Tennessee Williams 's works have influential titles that provide another layer of detail. The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot…

they want at the company. Glass ceilings are an important part of HR management because it can determine who is hired for positions and how far they can go before hitting an invisible barrier. Glass ceilings are definetly in my company as well. Even though i am experienced in using photoshop and other graphic media tools, i can’t rise as high as i should because my age is too young to have such an important role in the company. The two are able to break through the glass ceiling at the end of…

Humans tend to create temporary methods of escape to break free from the true reality of life. In “The Glass Menagerie”, by Tennessee Williams, the main characters are trapped in a difficult life during the depression, which leads them to seek mechanisms of escape from the real world. This desire for escape from reality is an underlying message throughout the play. Laura, Amanda, and Tom each explore different methods of breaking away from the confinement, and they try to transcend the reality…