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Questions in The Glass Menagerie tagged with "theme"

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  In"The Glass Menagerie," what is the meaning of the lights going out in the middle of dinner and candles being lit to replace electricity?

  Posted by lemai792003 on May 29, 2009 at 06:55 PM

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  Memory as something "non-realistic, seated predominantly in the heart". What does it mean? The relationship between adventure and memory?    

  Posted by meoconmimi234 on May 20, 2009 at 09:52 PM

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  With the theme of the play as one of escape, how did all the members of the Wingfield family wish to escape? Why?

  Posted by zoiley29 on Mar 16, 2009 at 11:46 AM

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  Discuss three ways in which the theme of "escape" is symbolized in "The Glass Menagerie".

  Posted by cory63 on Dec 2, 2008 at 05:36 PM

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  Generally, plays do not have narrators. How does the fact that Tom is the narrator affect the style and content of "The Glass Menagerie"?

  Posted by falusiea78 on Nov 25, 2008 at 06:02 PM

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  In "The Glass Menagerie," what is the significance of Laura's glass animals, especially the symbolic unicorn?   

  Posted by luna15 on Oct 5, 2008 at 05:50 PM

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  What is the narrator's role in "The Glass Menagerie"?  What would be gained or lost without him?

  Posted by perezj on Oct 5, 2008 at 05:45 PM

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  How do the religious references in "The Glass Menagerie" (Christian martyr, Moses etc) contribute to the theme of the play?

  Posted by amelit08 on Jun 19, 2008 at 08:44 PM

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  "The scene is memory and is therefore nonrealistic.... for memory is seated predominantly in the heart." Explain.

  Posted by ghetanh on Jun 11, 2008 at 03:10 AM