The Glass Menagerie Play Setting
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What is the physical setting of The Glass Menagerie play?

  • A wealthy family's mansion
  • A small, cramped St. Louis apartment. Lower middle income neighborhood (correct)
  • A southern plantation
  • A bustling city street

    • How is Tom dressed as the play begins, and why?

  • In a businessman's attire, because he is preparing for a meeting
  • Merchant marines sailor outfit; he has left his family and joined them in “present day.” (correct)
  • In a casual outfit, because he is going out with friends
  • In a uniform, because he is a waiter

    • Why does Tom's speech open with a comparison of his role to that of a stage magician?

  • To establish his dominance over the narrative
  • To make the audience like him
  • To distance himself from the events of the play
  • He gives reality in the pleasant disguise of illusion as opposed to a magician who gives illusions disguised as reality (correct)

    • What is a 'memory play'?

    <p>it is based off on memory but it’s unrealistic because memory is unreliable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does Tom say there is a fifth character in the play?

    <p>To include the audience as part of the play's performance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the father that abandoned his family in the play, The Glass Menagerie?

    <p>Mr. Wingfield</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we discover about Tom's life at home in the brief first scene?

    <p>He hates it because Mom is so overbearing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did we learn about Laura in The Glass Menagerie?

    <p>She has a crippling shyness and a limp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is Amanda Wingfield, the mother, portrayed in The Glass Menagerie?

    <p>Cares for her children but is nitpicky and overbearing; lives in the past; constantly talks about her teenage years and gentlemen callers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    As Amanda comes up the fire escape, Laura's actions are described. What do these actions reveal about her?

    <p>She was supposed to be practicing her typewriting. That’s why she jumped up and put her glass collection away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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