current situation in the world as seen in the play. Another symbol in the play that remains constant is the record player and collection of records. These belonged to her father who has deserted the family. At times of great stress or frightfulness‚ Laura runs to the record player to play the dated records. She listens to the record player and enjoys the peacefulness that contrasts the argumentative members of her household. It is an escape for her‚ as is her glass collection‚ but it takes on a
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the time. The cinema is his only escape from reality sometimes he forgets about his responsibilities at home and becomes selfish‚ like the way he left his mother and sister so he could become a merchant sailor and for them to fend for themselves. Laura is who both Tom and Amanda are worried about‚ she’s a pretty girl but her predisposing condition is a disadvantage to her life and brings down her self esteem. The only thing that brings some kind of joy to Laura’s life is her Glass Menageries. She
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commitment. After she leaves he realizes that she might have been the one after he evaluated his past "Top 5 Breakups." Although it takes Laura‚ his girlfriend‚ leaving for him to really think about commitment and to reevaluate what he is doing with his life it is probably the best thing that happened to him. The state of Rob’s intimate relationship with Laura before the break up was still in the self-focused stage‚ at least on Rob’s behalf. He is not very mature for his age and seems to be comfortable
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the “Laura” whom he celebrates in his love poetry. The identity of Laura has never been established for certain‚ but we know from his poetry that she was beautiful‚ golden-haired‚ rich‚ and married‚ and that she died in the Great Plague of 1348. Although Petrarch belittled his Italian poetry‚ his collection of Italian poems‚ the Canzoniere‚ is probably his most influential creation. It consists of 366 poems‚ mostly sonnets but some poems in other verse forms‚ focusing on his relation to Laura in life
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"The Glass Menagerie" is about a dysfunctional family that consists of a mother‚ and her two adult children‚ Tom and Laura. All of them dream to seek comfort and to escape reality because none of them enjoys the life they lead. Similarly‚ in "Rose-Colored Glasses"‚ the narrator of the poem is inclined to dream rather than to face reality because she has not overcome the transition from one big happy family to getting kicked out of her old home and having divorced parents. These two families are reflections
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example‚ “Ave Maria‚” plays when Amanda and Tom are in a fight‚ this song triggers the memory of the fight for Tom. Another example is when the song‚ “The Glass Menagerie‚’ plays a lot of the time that the audience is focusing on Laura. This is because of the fact that Laura can often be compared to glass figures she often finds comfort in playing with. Looking into the four main characters‚ Tom’s character represents an obsession with the past‚ present‚ and the future. The writer says this because
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The Glass Menagerie a memory play by Tennessee Williams‚ based in St. Louis‚ follows the Wingfields ( Tom‚ Laura and Amanda) on their unknown quest to finding their own reality outside of the gender and social boxes society has already put them in. The glass menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art. It’s art because it makes the reader put themselves in someone else’s shoes but in a way that they feel comfortable because they can relate to the actors struggles; it makes people fall in and
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According to Theobald (1998:411) authenticity means genuine‚ unadulterated or the real thing. In modern times tourism is frequently accused of destroying authenticity ((a notion which is problematic in its own term)‚ through commoditization of cultures‚ such as festivals‚ dance rituals and food which is produced for monetary gain. The definition of authenticity is debatable by many academics; I will try to explore their views on this subject in this essay. MacCannell‚ in The Tourist (1999)‚ portrayed
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the daughter of Laura Gibson has an assignment to about the town or family history and she blankly states how un-normal her family is with a half-brother that is also her cousin. This representation of family is depicted in the episode through the use of the family home and the mother daughter having breakfast together and talking then the of close ups also shows us just how they feel about their heated discussion and the use of the shots that makes Miranda look taller than Laura also shows us who
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because of societal pressures. In The Hours‚ a novel by Michael Cunningham‚ one of the main characters‚ Laura‚ has this very experience. The Pulitzer award winning novel is a loosely based on the
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