Tom, Amanda and Laura are the main characters of the play. Laura is an important character, as is Amanda, but they are not the protagonist. Tom Wingfield is the protagonist; the story belongs to him. "The protagonist of a literary work is the main character, who must change in some way during the course of the events, even if the change is entirely internal. Tom is clearly the protagonist of The Glass Menagerie. Although he is not heroic and will probably never triumph over his obstacles, he
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10/4/2012 Character Analysis on Tom Wingfield The Glass Menagerie is a very character oriented poem. Tom, Amanda, and Laura are all very well developed characters. They all have significant and unique characteristics that are shown well throughout the poem. Tom is the most interesting to me though because of his qualities and even his flaws. Tom has a few different and contradicting characteristics such as he is easily persuaded, his determination and his strong sense of guilt. Tom Wingfield
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In the story of The Glass Menagerie, Mr. Wingfield was one of the main characters. Although he was not physically present, nothing more than a picture in a frame, he still had a deep impact on the family he left behind. Mr. Wingfield had played a key role in the play, that had been displayed through the characters of Tom, Laura, and Amanda throughout the story. The impact Mr. Wingfield had on Tom was one of the most noticeable in all of the characters. Tom had a very hard time providing for Amanda
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protagonist of a play is always a character which intrigues the audience, they are always a hero in some form. The traditional or classical heroes did not represent the majority but only a handful of those who belonged to a noble class, such as the kings, soldiers or noblemen of pre-Shakespearean works. Therefore the audiences might have had a difficult time forming an association with them. Those plays did portray important themes but they lacked an anti-hero,’ a character who embodied all the flaws of
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escape but had to sacrifice your loved ones and run away from a wide array of problems. When Tom escaped, he left Amanda and Laura behind along with any issues he might've had while he was still
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Roof, this story centers on a rather dysfunctional family, the Winfield’s. Amanda Wingfield is a single mother to her two children Tom and Laura. That concept is rather ahead of its time, as the play takes place in 1937. Tom is the narrator of the play which is referred to as a “memory” play, as it comes from his memory and perspective. I liked the fact that the play had a narrator. It gave more depth to his character and I feel that any time something is narrated you receive more information. It
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The characters of The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams are each driven by different motivators. Their given circumstances, personal problems and limitations lead us to see their inner conflicts and character flaws which ultimately inhibit their ability to achieve their super-objectives. Amanda Wingfield, a traditional, Southern woman is motivated to help her two, grown children become successful adults. Her daughter, Laura, wears a brace and is painfully shy and son, Tom, is currently
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Though his home life was troubled, he grew to be an author known across the country for his wildly popular novels and plays, most notably of the latter being The Glass Menagerie. Modeled after Williams’s own family, Tom, Amanda, and Laura Wingfield are the artfully created main characters of The Glass Menagerie, each with their own distinct personalities constructed carefully through symbolism. With consideration of the motif of memory, Tennessee Williams uses recurring music, the victrola, jonquils
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intriguing characters and events. These Texts are valued due to the quality of their construction and how efficiently the audience can relate to it. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams written in 1941 is a timeless and universal place that defers the boundaries of time and space to explore a range of interesting ideas. Through a range of interesting techniques, this semi-biographical explores themes of escape, abandonment and responsibility to the family through the memory of the narrator Tom Wingfield
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and therefore very poetic in mood, setting, and dialogue. Tom Wingfield serves as the narrator as well as a character in the play. Tom lives with his Southern belle mother, Amanda, and his painfully shy sister, Laura. According to Margaret Thornton: “William wrote to himself about himself” (1). Thus, Glass Menagerie’s plot closely mirrors actual events in the author's life. Because Williams related so well to the characters and situations, he was able to portray the play's theme through
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