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A 6 page essay that discusses how each member of the Wingfield family embraced illusion as a coping mechanism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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her grown son, and her daughter Laura, who are both in their twenties. The play shows that each character copes with life by holding onto specific illusions, which cushion them
against the hard realities of their lives. Furthermore, while Amanda means well and does not intend to do harm to either one of her children, her intense grasp on her
illusions are the most destructive to her family. Tom Williams was born "Thomas Lanier Williams III on March 26, 1911" (Lutz and Bloom 5). As this suggests, The
Glass Menagerie has a great deal in it that is drawn from Williams life (Lutz and Bloom 5). The play begins with Tom addressing the audience, as he serves as
both narrator and as a character in the play. In this introduction, Williams refers directly to the theme of illusion, as Tom says, "Yes, I have tricks in my pocket.
I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in
the pleasant disguise of illusion" (Rusinko). It is Tom who introduces his family including his father. The absent Mr. Wingfield, whose picture is prominently displayed on the living room
wall, "deserted his wife and children sixteen years earlier" (Koprince and Bloom). Tom describes him as a "a telephone man who fell in love with long distance" (Koprince and Bloom).
His fathers desertion has impacted all their lives. Tom, as the "man" of the house, provides the main financial support, which his mother supplements through selling magazine subscriptions over the
phone. As narrator, it is clear that Tom left the Wingfield home behind him, and is remembering his past. As he does so, he shifts back and forth between
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