Essays on The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams, is a play about a conflicted man named Tom. Tom was heftily ridden with the responsibility to be the man in the house for his mom and sister. This huge responsibility resulted in his longing for freedom and...

As a gay man who was raised by a strict Episcopal family in Mississippi during the early 1900s, Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier Williams, obviously had strong feelings about religion, many of which, as one can imagine, were quite critical. As a successful playwright, Williams...

The need for freedom to get through a harsh life is a necessity. Freedom is defined as the ability to act, speak, or think freely without any restraint or consequence. Many people have to escape from their current situation in order to achieve their perception...

Guilt means to feel responsible or regretful for a perceived offense, real or imaginary. Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, both deal with characters making irreversible choices that cause them to later feel guilty....

Altruism is the selflessness to do things that bring advantages to others and practicing concern for the well-being of others. In the memory play “The Glass Menagerie”, by Tennessee Williams, Amanda Wingfield is a woman of great liveliness who tends to live between reality and...

Illusions are for the most part seen as the core of impracticality; through the fabrication of false ideals, one may discover the inspiration to change an incommodious reality. A person’s self- discernment, or, personality, is in burden of the making of these errors between one’s...