Friday, October 11, 2013

TSA Week 7: Understanding of the Characters

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play about the Wingfield family. This play is told through one of its own character,

  • Tom Wingfield(the hard worker in the family.) The narrator
  • Amanda---> mom of Tom and Laura; bitter from her husband's early leaving from the family and no friends to keep her company. Expectations for her children ate too high
  • Laura---> older sibling, no confidence, very shy, and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figures. Keeps away from the outside world, in other words less acquainted 
  • Tom---> pressured from being the supporter of the family. Works at shoe warehouse, frustrated with his mother; tries to escape all his worries and troubles by drinking and going out; ends up making a hasty decision
  • Jim---> old friend of Tom and Laura, works with Tom in the warehouse too, devoted to goals of success.
  • Mr. Wingfield---> husband of Amanda; father of Tom and Laura. Abandoned his family earlier. A piece of him is still left behind in Wingfield home. He never appears on stage in scene
This is just a small outline to help me know a little about each character in this play. 

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