...The Glass Menagerie: An Analysis Tyson Evans University of Phoenix The Glass Menagerie offers a beautifully developed glimpse into humanity and more specifically familial dysfunction. Tennessee Williams uses this play as a definitive embodiment of the dangers of interdependence as well as low self- esteem. Williams begins this symbolic journey from the very inception of the work. The use of the word “menagerie” meaning a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition or a strange collection. In this case, the strange collection is the Wingfields. The play and the text presents us with an overbearing mother who clings to yesterday year, a daughter that is mentally bound by her psychological insecurities that stem from her physical disability, and an irresponsible brother who want to escape his this reality he has with his mother and sister. The word “Glass” represents their fragility, individually and as a unit. Frankly the family’s external problems seem fairly miniscule on the grander scale of the issues known to plague any familial unit. They are not rich, but not destitute, they have lost a parent, but they have each other. The play is set in the midst of the great depression following a war, therefore this family portrait was one that would have been mirrored in many American homes; financial turmoil and lost family members was commonplace. However, the psychological torment and idiosyncrasies characteristic of all three of our main characters holds...
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...the play so entirely complex. What makes the play interesting are putting those characters together and creating inside moral and conflict. As a result, everybody still appears to be an outcast in his or her own world. The title The Glass Menagerie was named because of Laura’s glass animal collection. She had many different animals that symbolized your everyday people that she came not to be a part of. One of the animals was a unicorn which was a symbol of Laura by representing the idea of being different. Laura was described to have a shy personality and would never attempt to make a change on her appearance to people. One of the main appearances she was embarrassed about was her crippled leg. Since she is already shy, this adds on to the fact that she can be very sensitive as well. Near the end, when Jim accidentally broke unicorn’s horn, she was hurt from seeing the broken glass and finding out that Jim was engaged after kissing her. To show Jim her pain, she gave him the unicorn showing that she is fragile like the glass unicorn (p.1282-1283). The most emphasis was on the kiss because it was assumed from the audience that it was Laura’s first kiss. Amanda, the mother of Laura and Tom, is seen with love and pity, but also laughable. She is very loving like many other parents, but is also considered to be an annoying character. The one character she had most conflict with was Tom. She always stayed on him because she always felt like things had to be done...
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...Unicorns save the day Given only a limited time to write an essay, I came upon the idea to write about three unicorns on an adventure to defeat the sassy kitten boss. I decided to write about this random topic to try to interest the reader. I wanted the reader to feel confused and shocked by the topic so they wonder where the story was going. This topic interests me because it is very obscure and it allows me to create and imagine what the lives of unicorns and sassy kittens are like. I enjoy reading fictional stories and when I was a child, I would imagine characters with special powers and play with those around me. I do believe I will grab the attention of the readers. They would show interest in the topic through surprise that a college student, in a professional environment, would write about such a childish topic. I want that surprise to bring out their curiosity, causing them to pay attention to the story. Although they may show interest in the beginning, the readers may fade out of the story and get bored by predicting the plot. Have you ever wondered what was on the other side of the moon? There are many stories of aliens or martians on the other side, which has not been proven false, nor has it been proven true, but on the other side of the moon there also lives a kitten. This kitten is known to have the power to torture their enemies through irritation and sass, explaining the reason for the kitten being known as SKB, Sassy Kitty Boss. Many worlds and warriors have...
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...The Broken Glass Unicorn: Laura’s New Normalcy The breaking of Laura’s glass unicorn represents Laura’s new normalcy that is thrust upon her by her first gentleman caller, Jim O’Connor. Of the many animals in Laura’s collection the unicorn is her favourite animal of them all. The unicorn represents Laura’s peculiarity. When Laura hands Jim the unicorn she says, “I shouldn’t be partial, but he is my favourite one” (83). Jim points out that unicorns are extinct in the real world. They are also lonesome as a result of being different from other horses. Laura is too unusual, lonely, and ill-adapted to life to live in the world in which she lives. If you look at Laura in the right light she refracts a whole rainbow of different colours, just like glass. The fate of the unicorn is a smaller scale version of Laura’s fate. Jim’s enthusiasm when he is with Laura is selfish. He enjoys her company because, like Tom, she remembers him for his glory days back in high school. He thoughtlessly leads Laura on. Laura and the unicorn are both very fragile and Jim breaks both of them. Laura makes it seem like she doesn’t care: “I’ll just imagine he had an operation. The horn was removed to make him feel less–freakish!” (86). Jim’s advances endows Laura with a new normalcy, making her just another girl. This new normalcy is violently thrust upon her meaning she cannot become normal without somehow “shattering”. Laura feels that the without the horn the unicorn is not appropriate for her anymore...
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...a modern browser you will not have access to all of Scribd's features. Please consider upgrating to a modern browser: Close This Message Five Paragraph EssayI have never read a story like The Unicorn in the Garden and it definitely it was one of the beststories I have ever read. At the end of the story you don't know if the man really saw an unicorn or made it up so his wife would call the police. It really doesn't matter if he saw the unicorn or made it upthe point is that he gained what he wanted he got rid of his wife.The story also teaches a lesson, every little bad thing you do to someone can backfire twice ashard. The woman had called the police and the psychiatrist in the most meanest intention because shewanted to get rid of him, she did not love him after all. So what the man did was that he gave her of her own medicine, when the police asked if he saw an unicorn he replied using the same words that she hadused previously when he told her that there was a unicorn in the garden, he said the unicorn is amythical beast, of course I saw no unicorn.When he did that the police took the woman because she was the one saying crazy stuff aboutunicorns, and at least when I read the story she sounded more crazy than the man had sounded when hesaw the unicorn, if at the story i were the police or the psychiatrist I would've taken her too. It...
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...With William Tennessee’s powerful theme of combining nostalgia and criticism, The Glass Menagerie is definitely one of the finest and most moving playscripts I have ever read. It is a memory play that tells the story of a typical American family as they face the harsh realities of the modern world. I like how the author used symbolism to portray each of the characters that realistically represents an individual in every family household. The Wingfield family is just like every other family that has a hard time coping with the reality that life presents so they create individual illusions to distort their frustrations and fears. With the common goal to sugar-coat the bitterness of the reality, each of the four main characters has their individual coping mechanism that makes them unique and loved by the audience/ viewers. Although it is definitely a toss between Amanda and Laura, I can identify more with Laura. Like Amanda, I can be expressive of what I want and pushy and nagging because of my determination and drive for success and also because of my passion to help my loved ones be successful. I can also turn away from reality when I dream of what I want but unlike Amanda, my life is not lived based on fantasies and illusions. With the emptiness and suppressed anger she carries, this poor mother does not know how to bury the emotional and traumatic baggage form the past. Her way of coping is by projecting all her frustrations on her children. She wants Laura to live...
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...finishing school, and he then confesses that he wished he could be further along in his career. He goes on through the entire scene address each of her so called flaws and turning them into no big deal, hardly noticeable things, instead of the huge stumbling blocks she feels them to be. I think this helps her to see that everyone is not always as perfect and put together as she makes them out to be. I think this boost in self-confidence may have been all she needed to try to get out there and try to return to school or work. Sometimes one only needs someone to believe in them to move forward, and since her mother, was not very encouraging, Jim seem to be the ray of light in her life that she needed. The one symbol that I chose was the unicorn glass piece. She said it was her favorite, and it seemed to represent her and the world, a fantasy where she lived. When presented to Jim to hold he could not even...
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...Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. The man went up to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. "There's a unicorn in the garden," he said. "Eating roses." She opened one unfriendly eye and looked at him. "The unicorn is a mythical beast," she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing among the tulips. "Here, unicorn," said the man, and he pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely. With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife again. "The unicorn," he said,"ate a lily." His wife sat up in bed and looked at him coldly. "You are a booby," she said, "and I am going to have you put in the booby-hatch." The man, who had never liked the words "booby" and "booby-hatch," and who liked them even less on a shining morning when there was a unicorn in the garden, thought for a moment. "We'll see about that," he said. He walked over to the door. "He has a golden horn in the middle of his forehead," he told her. Then he went back to the garden to watch the unicorn; but the unicorn had gone away. The man sat down among the roses and went to sleep. As soon as the husband had gone out of the house, the wife got up and dressed as fast as she could. She was...
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...Experience Paper A visit to the Cloisters Museum The Creative Voice Experience. Practical contact. Observation of facts. We live in a “soft” world where the greater percentage of the arts are viewed through some type of electronic device with a screen and usually muddled with banners of advertisements or endorsements. We view static images on screens where texture and brush strokes could never be appreciated. We watch videos of classic Shakespearian plays devoid of the elements and senses of a live performance. True experience cannot be had remotely. Experience MUST be experienced! I decided to visit the Cloisters Museum and Gardens to reach outside my comfort zone and visit a place that I not only have never been to, but had also never heard of. The Cloisters is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that focuses on the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The museum is located in northern Manhattan and overlooks the Hudson River. That particular day was fairly warm with light rain. Upon entry into the museum my initial reaction was how cold and damp it was in comparison to the day. Because I had not been there before, I was initially most impressed with the structure more than the art itself. It is clear that people have gone to great lengths to recreate a structure that incorporates all of the elements of medieval times. I am by no means a historian and as a result I am usually stricken by something that appeals to me visually over its historical relevance...
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...¿Qué soluciones se deben crear para consolidar la estrategia de Customer Centricity y ampliar el plan de detractores desde el área de Mercadeo hacia toda la compañía en el 2014? Objetivos: 1. Buscar estrategias de concientización interna sobre la estrategia global Customer Centricity. 2. Crear mecanismos de estandarización y control de los procesos actuales. 3. Retomar los procesos de Customer Centricity que se dejaron de medir 4. Ampliar el plan de detractores aplicables para así prestar y mejorar el servicio. Marco Conceptual. NPS: net promotor score es un indicador que mide el grado de recomendación de los clientes frente a Metlife con sus colegas y amigos. Se realiza semanalmente, mediante la gestión de un Call Center teniendo en cuenta las bases de datos generadas por cada dependencia, La meta que se tiene en MetLife es que en primera instancia el NPS arroje un resultado positivo y que cada vez que se mida se vea un incremento en el mismo. Promotores: aquellos clientes que en la encuesta del NPS se encuentran dentro del rango de 9 a 10, lo que significa que son clientes que recomendarían a METLIFE en un alto grado a su círculo de conocidos (Polo, ¿Que es el NPS?, 2013). Detractores: aquellos clientes que en la encuesta del NPS se encuentran dentro del rango de 0 a 6, lo que significa que son clientes que no recomendarían a METLIFE a su círculo de conocidos. (Polo, ¿Que es el NPS?, 2013). Estandarización: es la formulación, publicación e implementación...
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...Executive Summary Mr. Li has an opportunity with Unicon to direct it in a new, and focused direction. With its competitive advantage it has established with the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA). I recommend pursuing the blanket approval process with HKHA. These efficiencies could prove beneficial for both parties as this will greatly reduce lead time and costs. Façade and slabs are the growing trends in the industry and will allow Unicon to take advantage of the cost savings that come with it. * No longer a need for engineered documents, saving on time and engineering costs. * Job security * Operational efficiencies * Holding inventory * Reduced lead times * Product standardization The tradeoffs that are implied with this move is worth the risk of this approval process. There is potential for savings upwards to HK150,000 per block. An approximate saving of over 1 million based upon the 179 blocks per year projection from the HKHA. Once this approval is agreed upon and the contracts awarded. I recommend a detail review of Unicon current product lines and completely outsourcing the stair production line. After a 6th month time, I recommend we review our production efficiencies and look into expanding our production facility as our three remaining products are now made-to-stock. Issue Identification Concrete Construction Market: • Precast Concrete Products sold to General Contractors in Hong Kong • 2 Options for building, Traditional Method...
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...Religion; As of 2012, 84.65% of the people on Earth believe in the existence of a creator, either deity or deities, and one of those people might be you. When someone tell us that the Earth is flat, hopefully we will correct them, because from empirical evidences and logics, Earth is in fact a spherical shape. It is the same when an adult tells you that “Unicorns exist”, you probably will laugh it off because we have no evidence that they exist. Unicorns might in fact exist, but as long as we do not have proof of their existence, there is no reason for us to assume that they do. Yet, an exception is made for anything that people hold in high regard. Such as religion. When anyone attempts to scrutinize it, we are told that we should give the benefit of the doubt, that we should let...
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...Just as he has closed the door, he began to speak with a more human voice. “I’m going to give you an offer that you can’t refuse” he said whit an Italian accent. I think I was looking quite wired in my face by then. My skin must have been all pale. This was not a part of the plan when I have bought the robot. He had looked like a human sometimes, but in the need of better proof, I haven’t thought more about it. Like he could read my mind he said, “This was not the plan when you bought me, I know that. But sometimes things don’t end like you have imagined.” “I haven’t planned this neither, but things have happened, and we need to speed up the mission” he said. “What mission?” I asked. “You are a very smart person, and we could use you in your army” “What army, I asked? I’m not joining any army, and I’m definitely not going to any war!” “Arthur, Arthur, Arthur. Relax. I don’t want to hurt you, but if you will not cooperate with me, I’ll have to!” “Either you are with us, or you are against us” Understand? “Yes, okay, allrigth I said” I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I was so scared of him! He sloped down his voice and whit a much nicer voice he said: “you can make this easy, or hard. It is your choice. I don’t give it a fuck.” “Okay, as soon as you tell me what the hell is going on?” “The time will come” “Follow me” I had no idea about what he was talking about, but I didn’t wanted any trouble, so I was just pretended that I understand it all, and followed...
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...Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. The man went up to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. "There's a unicorn in the garden," he said. "Eating roses." She opened one unfriendly eye and looked at him. "The unicorn is a mythical beast," she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing among the tulips. "Here, unicorn," said the man, and he pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely. With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife again. "The unicorn," he said,"ate a lily." His wife sat up in bed and looked at him coldly. "You are a booby," she said, "and I am going to have you put in the booby-hatch." The man, who had never liked the words "booby" and "booby-hatch," and who liked them even less on a shining morning when there was a unicorn in the garden, thought for a moment. "We'll see about that," he said. He walked over to the door. "He has a golden horn in the middle of his forehead," he told her. Then he went back to the garden to watch the unicorn; but the unicorn had gone away. The man sat down among the roses and went to sleep. As soon as the husband had gone out of the house, the wife got up and dressed as fast as she could. She was very...
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...Q: 1a. What kinds of horns does Elvira has? A: no horns Q: 1b. What kinds of horns does Elvis has? A: horns Q: 2. Describe its unusual trait (phenotype). A: The unusual trait is that this is a unicorn. Q: 3. How did the pedigree represent the new trait? A: The pedigree represented the new trait by only being the one with one horn. Q: 4. Are genes responsible for the unusual trait? Using the chromosome tool, check out the Horns genes of this dragon. Notice the new allele that has been labeled HU (the U stands for Unicorn). Which combination of alleles (genotype) is responsible for the single horn of this dragon? A: HUh Q: 5. Where did that HU allele come from? Does anyone else in the family have this HU allele? Look at the Horns alleles in this...
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