Glass Menagerie film

Now that you have viewed The Glass Menagerie and you have also read the play prior to this, what is your reaction?   Do you believe the play is much easier to follow after having read the play?  Would the film be boring without having read the play first?  Do you think Tennessee Williams was represented well enough as to how the film was directed and how all the choreography came into play?  Think about the lighting, the music, and the narration.  Was there as much narration in the film as in the written play?  Provide your full feedback please.

Tennessee William's characters

By now, you should have a good concept of the type of characters that Tennessee Williams uses in his plays.  First, he uses few characters, but he tends to build each character into a specific stereotype.  Whether Amanda or Blanche, Tom or Stanley, Laura or Stella, we get a sense that Williams finds it important to build character "types".  In both The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, he carefully articulates his few characters but also brings in a less significant character such as Jim or Mitch who help to turn the entire household off course.  Choose two characters that you want to study further (one from each play).  Expose the characters' flaws and any positive points that enable readers to see each of the two characters as valuable participants in the plays they represent.  Be sure to cite page numbers for any supporting quotations or ideas you want to convey. Finally, give your assessment of how Williams has created these two characters in light of the time and place in which he was writing.

Let's Have Lunch!

Think of a FAMOUS person from the past (must be dead now) that you would like to have lunch with.  Explain why you have chosen this particular person to dine with (be sure it is a creative or a valuable reason).  Where will you have lunch? What that particular place?  What will be the most important question you ask your lunch guest?  How do you expect him/her to respond?  What else do you expect to learn during lunch with this famous person?  What would you like this guest to remember about you when lunch is over?  Add any significant bits of information that will help your classmates understand what makes you tick - just by nature of whom you selected for this lunch.

The Glass Menagerie

Your task is to choose one of the characters in The Glass Menagerie.  Then you will explain why this character is the most important person to the play.  Provide plenty of evidence including quotations from the play to support your position.