Question

PLEASE HELP!!! 100 POINTS!!

Using “The glass menagerie”

Write one paragraph explaining if Amanda is a good mother in the play, or is she the 'witch" that
Tom calls her in anger? AND write a second paragraph explaining if Tom a good son in the
play, or is he, like his father, a faithless man? How do these characters' different definitions of happiness cause them to clash? Include at least 2 quotes from the play.

Answer 1

In fact, as annoying as all the nagging about keeping one's elbows off the table is, Amanda is actually a very loving mother. Other than shooting the breeze about when she used to have gentlemen callers in her youth, Amanda doesn't really think too much about herself.

The novel's protagonist. Tom is a mischievous boy with an active imagination who spends most of the novel getting himself, and often his friends, into and out of trouble. Despite his mischief, Tom has a good heart and a strong moral conscience.

At the end of the scene, Tom's violent action causes some of Laura's glass to be shattered. Tom returns to pick up the glass but is unable to utter a word. This symbolically represents Laura's inner feelings.

“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.” Romeo (act 1 scene 5) ...

“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.” Romeo (act 1 scene 5) ... “That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” ...

“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.” Romeo (act 1 scene 5) ... “That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” ... “O