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The Glass Menagerie
by
Tennessee Williams
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Summary
Chapter Summaries
Scenes 1–2 Summary
Scenes 3–4 Summary
Scenes 5–6 Summary
Scene 7 Summary
Questions & Answers
Themes
Characters
Analysis
Quotes
Essential Quotes by Character: Tom Wingfield
Essential Quotes by Theme: Deception
Critical Essays
Analysis
Critical Context
Critical Evaluation
Suggested Readings
Critical Overview
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The Glass Menagerie Questions and Answers
What is the meaning of the title The Glass Menagerie?
Why is Laura the tragic hero in "The Glass Menagerie"?
What is Plastic Theatre? How is Plastic Theatre used in The Glass Menagerie, and what are the effects?
The final scene depicts Laura as "she blows the candle out." What does this act represent and what message is it sending?
What is the conclusion of The Glass Menagerie?
What does Blue Mountain symbolize in The Glass Menagerie?
Which symbols in The Glass Menagerie represent reality and which represent illusion?
What are the similarities between Tom and his father in The Glass Menagerie?
What are the main conflicts in The Glass Menagerie?
What is the significance of Laura's glass menagerie, especially the symbolic unicorn, in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie?
What is the lesson of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams?
Elaborate on the concept of the American dream in The Glass Menagerie.
What is the symbolism of the fire escape in The Glass Menagerie?
What are the expressionistic techniques in The Glass Menagerie?
What is the meaning of "I didn't go to the moon... distance between two places--"?
What is the meaning of this line from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams: "I didn't go to the moon I went much further, for time is the longest distance between two places"?
How is The Glass Menagerie a tragedy?
Why did Jim call Laura “Blue Roses" in The Glass Menagerie?
Why does Laura give the unicorn to Jim?
Explain the dramatic irony of Amanda's remark to Tom in their final dialogue in The Glass Menagerie: "You don't know things anywhere! You live in a dream; you manufacture illusions!"
How does Amanda's activity -- Williams's description of 'working like a Turk' sounds strange to us -- make you feel?
Explain the significance of one speech in The Glass Menagerie.
Why does Tom go to the movies in The Glass Menagerie?
What are the props in "The Glass Menagerie" ? List all the Props
Discuss how loneliness and isolation influence Tom and others in The Glass Menagerie.
In The Glass Menagerie, how would you describe Laura's relationship with Amanda?
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?
In The Glass Menagerie, what does Tom mean when he says that the gentleman is an emissary from a world "we were somehow set apart from"?
Why does Tom say the coffin trick would come in handy for him?
Discuss the mood created by the set and Tom's speech in the first scene of The Glass Menagerie.
How does Tom justify abandoning his family in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams?
In The Glass Menagerie, how do Tom and Jim differ in their goals and dreams?
"He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion." What does the quote mean?
What is the role of the glass menagerie in the play?
Generally, plays do not have narrators. How does the fact that Tom is the narrator affect the style and content of "The Glass Menagerie"?
In "Glass Menagerie," what does Tom mean: "Oh Laura, I try to leave you behind me but I’m more faithful than I intended to be!"?
Who is the main character in The Glass Menagerie, is he/she also the protagonist, and is there an antagonist?
What is Tom's dual role as narrator and character in "The Glass Menagerie"?
What is the climax of The Glass Menagerie?
Compare and contrast Amanda and Laura in the play The Glass Menagerie. How are they alike and/or not alike?
Why does Jim kiss Laura?
What are some ways in which Amanda tries to relive her past in "The Glass Menagerie"?
In "The Glass Menagerie", what might happen to Laura after Tom's departure? What might happen to Amanda? In "The Glass Menagerie"
In Tom's opening speech of The Glass Menagerie, what does he reveal about the nature of the play?
In Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie, the character of Amanda Wingfield makes both of the statements below. Please explain the double standard. "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be." "No girl can do worse than put herself at the mercy of a handsome appearance."
In The Glass Menagerie, what is the symbolism and significance of the photograph of the father?
In The Glass Menagerie, why did Laura quit business college?
Why is Amanda obsessed with finding a suitor for Laura?
Discuss the importance and background of the Victrola in scene 2 of The Glass Menagerie.
What does Amanda nag Tom to provide in "The Glass Menagerie"?
