Scenes I-III
What nickname does Jim have for Laura?
Blue Roses
Tom announces that they are coming to dinner?
Jim
What did Tom do with the money for the electric bill?
He took it to sign up for the merchant marines.
She has a glass menagerie?
Laura
How does abandonment play a role in this play?
Their father abandoned them and now Tom has done the same thing.
The glass animals
Laura's fragility, her escape from reality along with her music.
In 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was the first full-length film by this animation studio.
Disney
What monologue did Mr. Pool once perform in front of his class?
No? Well you're right, Mother. I'm going to opium dens. Yes, mother. Opium dens. Dens of vice and criminal's hangouts, mother, I am a hired assassin, I joined the Hogan gang, I carry a tommy gun in a violin case, and I run a stream of cat houses in the valley, they call me Killer, Killer Wingfield, see I'm leading a double life, really, a simple honest warehouse worker by day, but by night a dynamic czar of the underworld, mother, I just go to gambling casinos, spin away fortune on the roulette tables, mother, I wear a patch over one eye, and a false moustache and sometimes I put on green whiskers, on, on those occasions, they call me "El Diablo," I can tell you many things to make you sleepless, mother, my enemies plan to dynamite this place, they're gonna blow us sky high! And I will be glad? I will be very happy, and so will you be. You will go up, up, up, over Blue Mountain, on a broomstick with seventeen gentleman callers! You ugly, babbling old witch!
How did Tennessee Williams die?
Choked on a pill bottle cap.
How does Tom react when Amanda says, "Rise and shine!"
He wants to beat his brains in.
Why does Tom go to the movies?
To seek adventure
What piece breaks when Jim and Laura are dancing?
The unicorn
He's the narrator of the play?
Tom
How is living in the past a theme for this play?
Amanda constantly refers to her past and wants Laura to feel the same way as she did growing up.
The unicorn
Uniqueness, not based in reality
Unlike Tom, for Dorothy, there's no place like home in this 1939 classic.
Why is Tom envious of the magician in Scene 4?
He's allowed to escape from his coffin, but Tom cannot escape his metaphorical coffin.
Why is Tom an unreliable narrator throughout the play?
He says it is a memory play and that we can't trust our memories to be 100% accurate.
What does Tom say when Amanda says she doesn't believe that he goes to the movies?
He tells her he is a criminal mastermind and runs cat houses and poker clubs.
Where does Tom return from at the beginning of Scene 4?
A Magic Show
Why does Tom get fired?
He writes poetry on a shoebox.
She had 17 gentlemen callers.
Amanda
This has been a major theme throughout this class. Tom wants to achieve it by becoming free of his home responsibilities, Amanda wants to achieve it by finding her daughter a husband, and Jim wants to achieve it by working his way through the ranks of the television world.
The American Dream
Gentleman Caller/Marriage
King Kong
A Streetcar Named Desire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Rose Tattoo
Sweet Bird of Youth
Suddenly Last Summer
and a bunch more
How many times was the word jonquils stated in the one monologue by Amanda
7
10
12
14
12
What city does the story take place?
St. Louis
Who does Tom get a letter from?
The merchant marines
Why does Laura freak out at dinner?
She realizes that her crush from high school is coming to dinner?
He is engaged, but that doesn't stop him from kissing old high school classmates?
Jim
How are weakness and fragility used throughout the play?
Something about Laura here.
Blue Roses
Jim's nickname for Laura, gives her uniqueness, but also is a symbol of Jim's misunderstanding of her.
Perhaps Tom watched a double-feature and the B picture featured this British detective that resides at 221 B Baker Street and solves cases with his dear friend Watson
Sherlock Holmes
The Glass Menagerie is this kind of play?
A One Act/Memory Play
What is Jim's nickname for Tom?
Shakespeare
Why doesn't Laura go to school?
She got sick and now she's embarrassed to go back.
What has to happen before Tom leaves, according to Amanda?
They have to find a husband for Laura.
What was Jim like in high school?
He was extremely popular and good at everything.
He is often discussed, but he never appears on stage or says any lines?
Mr. Wingfield
Tom feels this throughout the play. He discusses it when talking about the magician and uses the fire escape to get away from this feeling?
Confinement/Being Trapped
Fire Escape
Escape to the outside world from the fantasy that is the apartment.
If you adjust for inflation, this 1939 film is the highest-grossing movie of all time at 1.8 billion dollars. It was based on a novel written by Margaret Mitchell.
Gone With the Wind
Gender Roles- Tom is expected to make the money and take care of the family, while Laura is expected to get married off and find someone to support her.
Unfulfilled Desires-Tom wants to escape, Laura cannot find love, and Amanda is pining for days long gone.
What is the significance of the unicorn being Laura's favorite glass piece, it breaking, and then her giving it to Jim?
It is unique like her, but once Jim is being nice to her, she feels normal, and the horn breaks off, making it a horse just like the others. She gives it to Jim as a reminder, but also because it is no longer unique and it will make her sadder than she already is.