Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Glass Menagerie / Tennessee Williams



“Amanda.  Don’t you DARE to-
Tom.  No, I won’t hear more, I’m going out!
Amanda.  You come back in-
Tom.  Out, Out, Out! Because I’m-” (Williams 1247).
This quote shows the increasing tension between Amanda and Tom.  Tom is tired of Amanda nagging and correcting him. He decides to go to the movies to get away from Amanda.  Later in the seen Amanda questions weather Tom is actually going to the movies all the time.  This causes him to blow up and starts making extreme examples of were he has been.  He names of about a paragraphs worth of criminal things he could be doing.  At the end of their fight tom leaves and in his frustration breaks part of Laura’s glass menagerie. This shows how their fighting hurt Laura even those she was not involved in the fight.

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