Tuesday 20 January 2009

Discuss the character of Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

carol-davis

I go to the moviesI like adventure.  Adventure is something that I dont have much of at
work.

Tom Wingfield is the narrator and also a character
in the play by . The entire play is a flashback; however, the author
and Tom call it a memory scene.  This is Toms memory of leaving his mother and sister to their
own devices. 

Everything is seen through the eyes of the narrator.  Through
his guilt, a much older Tom looks back at why he left home and never came back.  TrappedTom felt
that he had taken on the responsibility that his father left when he ran away. Although the play
eventually centers on Laura, this is Toms drama.  It is his memory. Point of view becomes very
important in the play because it is Toms version of what happened

The reader
learns that Tom has been haunted by his decision to leave his family and go out in search of
adventure.  He guides the readers and sets the tone of guilt, anxiety, and empathy that
runs...

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