or someone that is important to you. Many characters in the book The Other Side Of The Bridge by Mary Lawson are effected mentally and emotionally by the loss of a loved one. We see throughout the book how Arthur Dunn‚ Dr.Christopherson and Laura Dunn cope and deal with loss during their everyday lives. Arthur Dunn suffered the most throughout the book with the loss of his friends and family. The three Luntze boys‚ Eric‚ Gunter and Carl were both Arthurs neighbors and friends. They
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On the other‚ he seems connected to the dirty‚ petty world of the Wingfield household. All we learn is what he thinks about his mother‚ his sister‚ and his warehouse job—the things from which he wants to escape. Tom’s attitude toward Amanda and Laura is perplexing. Even though he obviously cares for
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of identity is often expressed in books/novels or basically any other piece of literature so that the reader can intrigue themselves and relate to the characters and their emotions. The novel Cambio de armas has many types of concepts that helped Laura with her battle in determining her identity. The first concept is the Divided Identity in which she is unable to combine the notion of who she is now along with who she was as described by her Martina‚ the man and her surroundings. Her divided identity
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illusory world of the Wingfields and the world of reality.?This "bridge" seems to be a one way excursion.?But the direction varies for each character.?For Tom‚ the fire escape is the way out of the world of Amanda and Laura and an entrance into a world of new dimensions.?For Laura‚ the fire escape is a way into her own world. A way to escape from reality.?Amanda perceives the fire escape as a way for gentlemen callers to enter their lives.?She is also trying to escape her own vacant life.?Our author
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Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play about a family filled with characters who view time and their lives very differently. Tom lives his life very much in the present while his sister Laura lives her life barely at all. Then‚ there is their mother Amanda. Amanda almost lives her life I denial‚ not as much as Laura though of course. She perceives time in a unique way by never actually living in the moment that she is currently in. Amanda is an interesting character in the way that she has a skewed
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"For there is no friend like a sister." -Christina Rossetti Sisterhood has been bond that throughout the ages has changed from only family members‚ to females that feel a special bond with one another‚ to females sharing the same interest in religion or education. Christina Rossetti shared the sisterhood bond to her readers when she wrote her poem Goblin Market. The poem has even been centered on by the critics to be the theme of "sisterhood" and feminism. But the "sisterhood" in Goblin Market
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wants for herself. 2. The menagerie suggests fragility and beauty. Laura is a fragile person who is also beautiful. She is easily broken and her home is her protective box. It is hard for her to be out of it. The unicorn is unique and different‚ just like Laura. 3. Jim coming to their home for dinner is a big deal. Amanda wants to find someone for her daughter to insure her marriage and she is just a very controlling person. Laura is very scared and her mother makes it a big deal. 4. He realizes
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illustrates the polarity between Laura’s relationship with her delicate animal collection and the real world. Laura Wingfield‚ one of the main characters of the literary drama‚ is an unconfident and extremely timid individual who lives in a society where financial and emotional stability is a rare commodity. While everyone else is trying to make some sort of difference to better their life or career‚ Laura stays safely out of the grasp of reality. When enrolled in a business class‚ she drops out because she
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was represented through the two characters Amanda and Laura whereby Amanda exceeded the expectation of women in the society and Laura challenges the expectation of women. Amanda values vanity‚ education and marriage which is expected by a woman during the context however Laura values freedom and has no interest in getting married. Due to the different values that the mother and daughter have‚ this causes a negative attitude to reflect upon Laura by her mother in believing that she won’t have a good
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Symbolism is an invaluable literary tool that may be employed by authors or playwrights to aid in the development of characters or to display themes in novels and plays. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism heavily in his text "The Great Gatsby"‚ as does Tennessee Williams in "The Glass Menagerie". Various symbols appear throughout the respective texts that allow the reader to gain insight into character’s personalities and also add value to major themes and ideas in the texts. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
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