The Glass Menagerie Essays

Symbolism is an invaluable literary tool that may be employed by authors or playwrights to aid in the development of characters or to display themes in novels and plays. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism heavily in his text “The Great Gatsby”, as does Tennessee Williams in “The Glass Menagerie”. Various …

A brother, a son, a friend, Tom Wingfield the narrator and a character in the play, The Glass Menagerie, which is based on Toms memory of his many experiences living with his mum and sister during the Great Depression. As this is a recollection, the play has a hard time …

Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play. She is described by Williams as “a little woman of great but confused vitality clinging frantically to another time and place”. In the play, Amanda appears to be a paranoiac as she was constantly worrying about her family’s …