Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Glass Menagerie / Tennessee Williams



“Tom. We are going to have one.
Amanda. What?
Tom. A gentleman caller!” (Williams 1257)

In scene five Tom ask a gentleman to come over to the house to have dinner.  Amanda goes crazy after this and starts asking Tom a lot of questions.  I agree with Tom’s reaction to her question and that they are a little ridiculous. She wants to fix up the whole apartment and clean everything.  This seems a little excessive especially because Tom just asked him to dinner and did not mention his sister. This again reminds me of what m mom does before family or friends arrive.  Amanda seems to go to an even more ridiculous extreme with her preparations. Tom and Amanda again get into a discussion about Laura and her opportunities in life.  Amanda seems more confident in Laura than tom and seems to over exaggerate a lot.  Tom seems to be more realistic about the situation.

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