The Glass Menagerie Movie Vs Book
John Moore
ENG 102
Dr. Rubenstein
The Glass Menagerie Essay
Watching the film from 1973 of “The Glass Menagerie” and reading “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams was interesting and to compare the two was interesting. The two have some similarities and some differences. “The Glass Menagerie” plot is about a lower-middle class family living in St. Louis. Amanda and Tom argue constantly, and Laura is both physically crippled and painfully shy. Laura spends most of her time polishing her glass collection and listening to old records. Amanda strives to get Laura to break out of her shell and either attend business school, or find a young man to marry. Tom longs to quit his job working in a shoe factory to pursue the adventures he envisions from the movies he …show more content…
The film and the play were both very good but the film helps me understand the play better.
Some of the differences between the play and film are the acting in this movie made the play not very interesting and at times the film was comical when the play was serious. The direction of the film did not deviate far from the original text. The characterization seems to be different from play to film with certain characters. In the text, Amanda is written as a frustrating woman whose only salvation from her distressing life is the memory of the endless procession of gentlemen callers from her younger years. Amanda thinks back on her earlier life and in comparison, her present life is tragic and heartbreaking. But in the film Amanda is a loud, obnoxious character who seems to always be disappointed in her children or always arguing with her children especially Tom, she does still focus on here gentlemen callers and her earlier life. The differences between the two scripts may be slim but there are some differences. One difference between the book and the movie is the use of the music and with the use of music it gets the viewers to have a mood. “The Glass Menagerie” is a
ENG 102
Dr. Rubenstein
The Glass Menagerie Essay
Watching the film from 1973 of “The Glass Menagerie” and reading “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams was interesting and to compare the two was interesting. The two have some similarities and some differences. “The Glass Menagerie” plot is about a lower-middle class family living in St. Louis. Amanda and Tom argue constantly, and Laura is both physically crippled and painfully shy. Laura spends most of her time polishing her glass collection and listening to old records. Amanda strives to get Laura to break out of her shell and either attend business school, or find a young man to marry. Tom longs to quit his job working in a shoe factory to pursue the adventures he envisions from the movies he …show more content…
The film and the play were both very good but the film helps me understand the play better.
Some of the differences between the play and film are the acting in this movie made the play not very interesting and at times the film was comical when the play was serious. The direction of the film did not deviate far from the original text. The characterization seems to be different from play to film with certain characters. In the text, Amanda is written as a frustrating woman whose only salvation from her distressing life is the memory of the endless procession of gentlemen callers from her younger years. Amanda thinks back on her earlier life and in comparison, her present life is tragic and heartbreaking. But in the film Amanda is a loud, obnoxious character who seems to always be disappointed in her children or always arguing with her children especially Tom, she does still focus on here gentlemen callers and her earlier life. The differences between the two scripts may be slim but there are some differences. One difference between the book and the movie is the use of the music and with the use of music it gets the viewers to have a mood. “The Glass Menagerie” is a