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This 3 page paper is a character analysis of Tom, one of the three main characters in Tennessee Williams' classic play "The Glass Menagerie." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the fragile Laura, stay with audiences long after the curtain falls. This paper is a character analysis of Tom Wingfield, the narrator of the play. Discussion The first thing of
importance to note about the work is that its a "memory play," meaning that certain events are highlighted, even over-dramatized, while others recede into the background. This is the way
that human memory works: we remember certain events and forget others, even if objectively they are of comparable importance. Since Tom is narrating he too is subject to the tricks
of memory, which makes him an "unreliable narrator"-that is, we cannot be absolutely sure that hes telling us the truth. Hes telling us what he remembers and believes to be
true, but thats not the same thing. Tom and Laura live with their mother Amanda in a small apartment in St. Louis. The man of the house, Tom and Lauras
father and Amandas husband, has long since disappeared; Tom describes him as a "telephone man who fell in love with long distances" (Williams 141). Tom is thus the "man of
the house," a position he doesnt want and which he resents, as he resents his mothers tyranny and her martyrdom, which she uses as a weapon to keep him under
her thumb. The character description of Tom tells us that is "A poet with a job in a warehouse. His nature is not remorseless, but to escape from a trap
he has to act without pity" (Williams 139). Of the three principal characters, Tom is the one who seems to be solidly grounded in reality. Amanda lives in the
past, constantly reminding Laura of the many "gentleman callers" that she entertained (Williams). Amanda was apparently extremely popular when she was young-though of course we have only her word for
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