Just so no one would be worrying, I finally figured out what menagerie is the other day...I suppose I should have looked it but...but hey I found out so that's all that matters!
First of all, this play is incredibly boring compared to Othello. I'm not going to lie, I would much rather read another Shakespeare play than this once.
This play displays both realistic and nonrealistic conventions. Some realistic conventions include the shyness of Laura because of her insecurities and her physical ailment, Tom's need for adventure, and the father skipping town. Laura has had a difficult life because she is crippled and her mother refuses to acknowledge it. She doesn't seem to understand why her daughter doesn't have boys lining up at the door every night for her. Laura is very similar to her glass menagerie in that she is fragile and must be taken care of or else she will fall apart. She is just as breakable as the glass she collects which is common for people with such insecurities.
Tom is the man of the house but at the same time he is the youngest person who lives in the house. He has a hard time dealing with his mom because quite honestly...anyone would have problems dealing with her. He seeks adventure and a way to get out of the "coffin" of a home that he lives in. All he wants is to get away and see the world without someone constantly nagging him.
Broken parental relationships are the norm it seems like in today's societies. It is very realistic that there is a single mother raising her two children looking back on the days when she had many suitors. She laments on the times when she could do whatever she wanted because of her beauty, but since she chose the man she married, she gave away much of her freedom. The father's disappearance is very real in that there are many people who are not in touch with their fathers anymore once their parents divorce. Unfortunately these children have to also deal with their psychotic mother.
The play is unrealistic in that Tom speaks many soliloquys and asides directed at the audience since he is also the narrator. The music that plays in the background along with the comic timing of things such as a spotlight on the dad's picture are very unrealistic characteristics of the show. Both of theses elements combined add up to a dramatic yet somewhat boring show because of its realism. Personally, the treachery and killing was intriguing compared to this.
First of all, this play is incredibly boring compared to Othello. I'm not going to lie, I would much rather read another Shakespeare play than this once.
This play displays both realistic and nonrealistic conventions. Some realistic conventions include the shyness of Laura because of her insecurities and her physical ailment, Tom's need for adventure, and the father skipping town. Laura has had a difficult life because she is crippled and her mother refuses to acknowledge it. She doesn't seem to understand why her daughter doesn't have boys lining up at the door every night for her. Laura is very similar to her glass menagerie in that she is fragile and must be taken care of or else she will fall apart. She is just as breakable as the glass she collects which is common for people with such insecurities.
Tom is the man of the house but at the same time he is the youngest person who lives in the house. He has a hard time dealing with his mom because quite honestly...anyone would have problems dealing with her. He seeks adventure and a way to get out of the "coffin" of a home that he lives in. All he wants is to get away and see the world without someone constantly nagging him.
Broken parental relationships are the norm it seems like in today's societies. It is very realistic that there is a single mother raising her two children looking back on the days when she had many suitors. She laments on the times when she could do whatever she wanted because of her beauty, but since she chose the man she married, she gave away much of her freedom. The father's disappearance is very real in that there are many people who are not in touch with their fathers anymore once their parents divorce. Unfortunately these children have to also deal with their psychotic mother.
The play is unrealistic in that Tom speaks many soliloquys and asides directed at the audience since he is also the narrator. The music that plays in the background along with the comic timing of things such as a spotlight on the dad's picture are very unrealistic characteristics of the show. Both of theses elements combined add up to a dramatic yet somewhat boring show because of its realism. Personally, the treachery and killing was intriguing compared to this.
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