The Glass Menagerie: The Tragic Effects Of The Past
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In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams creates a world in which
the characters are disillusioned by the present. Amanda, Tom, and Laura
achieve this disillusionment by resorting to separate worlds where they can
find sanctuary. Each character develops their own world, far away from
reality.
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.... Tom and Laura, trapping them into Amanda$BCT(J lost world. Tom
and Laura fail to survive in the present because they are always trying to
live through the past. However, the past no longer exists, causing them
distress in their journey through life. Tom is unsuccessful with his job
at the warehouse and Laura cannot seem to fit in with the outside world.
These personal downfalls in life drive Tom into a life of poetry and movies,
and Laura into a world of glass figurin ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
