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Ivan Kapkov
IB Literature & Performance
Ms. Guarino
The Glass Menagerie.
Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie is an American classic. In this a touching screen version of the play. Paul Newman brings an impressive range of colours and all kind digital expressions to the play that was written in 1944. The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and its told by the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield, who is a character in the play, which is set in St. Louis in 1937. His dream is to be a poet, however, he works in a warehouse to provide money for his family mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Tom’s and Laura’s father, ran away years ago and has not been her from scenes that moment. Amanda was born in a wealthy family, however after her husband left her the only hope she has is for her daughter to get married. Laura, Tom’s sister who has a disease from childhood and right now wears a brace on her leg and is painfully shy, does not attract any gentlemen callers and dropped out from business school because she couldn't communicate with people. Tom is willing to leave the family because of his dream career to become a writer, the only way he is free to leave is to find a gentlemen callers for Laura. Tom brought a friend of his from his work named Jim who turned out to be Laura's crush in high school. During the dinner the lights turn out because of an unpaid bill that Time save for his future, Jim and Laura entered the living room while Amanda and Tom clean up. Laura is at a shy stage because of Jim’s presence, but his warm and open behaviour soon draw her out of her shell. Laura confesses that she knew and liked him in high school but was too shy to talk to him. She shoved him her glass collection the time goes by they started dancing and while the dance Jim hits Laura's favourite glass piece Unicorn, because of that uncomfortable situation he kissed her and then left because he was engaged. Amanda got in the fight with Tom, but Tom was too tired of it and decided to leave the family.
Setting and staging the play is in fact very important to the play's structure; lighting, music, costumes, props and movement of the actors are necessary for the development of the play. In ' The Glass Menagerie, staging was essentially made for the understanding of the play and its characteristics. Detailed of the staging directors were made to show the character nature and the background. Directors decision was simple he chose to film most of the movie in the house where the family lives, and the set where Tom has his own act where he started the story and ends it. The lights were basic except the time where they were using candles. This play has only four characters Tom “Sam Waterston”, Laura “Joanna Miles”, Amanda “ Katharine Hepburn”, and Jim “Michael Moriarty”. The characters that are high lighter are Tom, Laura, Amanda. Tom because the story goes by his memories, Laura because the story mainly talks about her, Amanda the annoying mother who wants something from everybody.
My favourite character was Laura “Joanna Miles”, she was the character who basically showed me the soul and the vibe of this play. Laura is out from reality, she’s so far departed that she can’t even see reality anymore, and that’s what makes her an interesting character because of the world she lives in. Laura spends her days going to the zoo, or playing with her glass. She has no social interaction, what is different from others but still makes her special. By the end of the story after the conversation with Jim she changed in a good way, I think she became stronger and will manage to break that barrier between her and the rest of the community.
Overall I didn’t enjoy the play because it was based on one subject “ how To can manage to leave the family “ and it was based on two sets their house, and when Tom starts the play and ends the play. However the story is interesting, and the characters themselves are interesting.
IB Literature & Performance
Ms. Guarino
The Glass Menagerie.
Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie is an American classic. In this a touching screen version of the play. Paul Newman brings an impressive range of colours and all kind digital expressions to the play that was written in 1944. The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and its told by the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield, who is a character in the play, which is set in St. Louis in 1937. His dream is to be a poet, however, he works in a warehouse to provide money for his family mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Tom’s and Laura’s father, ran away years ago and has not been her from scenes that moment. Amanda was born in a wealthy family, however after her husband left her the only hope she has is for her daughter to get married. Laura, Tom’s sister who has a disease from childhood and right now wears a brace on her leg and is painfully shy, does not attract any gentlemen callers and dropped out from business school because she couldn't communicate with people. Tom is willing to leave the family because of his dream career to become a writer, the only way he is free to leave is to find a gentlemen callers for Laura. Tom brought a friend of his from his work named Jim who turned out to be Laura's crush in high school. During the dinner the lights turn out because of an unpaid bill that Time save for his future, Jim and Laura entered the living room while Amanda and Tom clean up. Laura is at a shy stage because of Jim’s presence, but his warm and open behaviour soon draw her out of her shell. Laura confesses that she knew and liked him in high school but was too shy to talk to him. She shoved him her glass collection the time goes by they started dancing and while the dance Jim hits Laura's favourite glass piece Unicorn, because of that uncomfortable situation he kissed her and then left because he was engaged. Amanda got in the fight with Tom, but Tom was too tired of it and decided to leave the family.
Setting and staging the play is in fact very important to the play's structure; lighting, music, costumes, props and movement of the actors are necessary for the development of the play. In ' The Glass Menagerie, staging was essentially made for the understanding of the play and its characteristics. Detailed of the staging directors were made to show the character nature and the background. Directors decision was simple he chose to film most of the movie in the house where the family lives, and the set where Tom has his own act where he started the story and ends it. The lights were basic except the time where they were using candles. This play has only four characters Tom “Sam Waterston”, Laura “Joanna Miles”, Amanda “ Katharine Hepburn”, and Jim “Michael Moriarty”. The characters that are high lighter are Tom, Laura, Amanda. Tom because the story goes by his memories, Laura because the story mainly talks about her, Amanda the annoying mother who wants something from everybody.
My favourite character was Laura “Joanna Miles”, she was the character who basically showed me the soul and the vibe of this play. Laura is out from reality, she’s so far departed that she can’t even see reality anymore, and that’s what makes her an interesting character because of the world she lives in. Laura spends her days going to the zoo, or playing with her glass. She has no social interaction, what is different from others but still makes her special. By the end of the story after the conversation with Jim she changed in a good way, I think she became stronger and will manage to break that barrier between her and the rest of the community.
Overall I didn’t enjoy the play because it was based on one subject “ how To can manage to leave the family “ and it was based on two sets their house, and when Tom starts the play and ends the play. However the story is interesting, and the characters themselves are interesting.
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