Characters
Setting/Set
Symbols
Nit Picky
Others
100
Who is Tom Wingfield
The narrator of the play, Lauras brother and Amandas son.
100
Through what do the characters exit and enter the house from?
The Fire Escape
100
What does the Fire Escape symbolize?
It symbolizes an escape from home and reality.
100
Why does Jim call Tom Shakespeare?
Because Tom writes poetry at the warehouse whenever he has the chance.
100
What fact about Jim's love life does he reveal to Laura.
That he has a fiance.
200
Who is Laura Wingfield?
Daughter of Amanda, sister of Tom, and one of the main characters. She is shy and doesnt like to be around other people too much. She has plurosis and uses that as an excuse for a lot of things in life.
200
Does the set of the play ever change from the appartment?
No.
200
Who frequently goes to the movies and what does it symbolize for this person?
Tom. The movies represent his escape from reality.
200
Why did Jim call Laura "Blue Roses"
When Laura said she had Plurosis, Jim thought she said Blue Roses.
200
Where do Jim and Tom know each other from?
Working at the warehouse.
300
Who is Amanda Wingfield?
The mother of Tom and Laura. She tries to live through her daughter with the gentlemen callers. She is cruel and annoying throughout most of the play.
300
Who is in the large picture that hangs above the fireplace?
Mr. Wingfield.
300
The father's picture has a prominent part in the play. Why is this? What does it symbolize?
It symbolizes someone who escaped from the reality of the Wingfield household successfully.
300
What does Amanda sell?
Magazine subscriptions
300
What kind of play is The Glass Menegarie.
Memory play
400
Who is Jim O'Conner?
Co-worker of Tom. He wet to high school with Tom and Laura. Also he sort of likes Laura in the end.
400
Where does the story take place?
The Wingfield appartment in St. Louis
400
What does the Glass Menagerie symbolizes and to whom does it have signifigance.
Laura. It is Laura's escape from reality
400
Amanda is a part of what organization?
The D.A.R.
400
What does Amanda infer by Jim O'Conner's last name?
That he was an Irish Catholic.
500
Who is Mr. Wingfield?
The father of Tom and Laura. He left the family to escape from their trapped life.
500
How would you describe the lighting of the play and for what reason is the light the way it is?
Dim, because the play is a memory from Tom Wingfield.
500
What does the action of the glass unicorn breaking off its horn symbolize (In the context of Laura).
It symbolizes Laura breaking out of her shell of shyness. She becomes more opening and less shy. The unicorn symbolizes Laura's uniqueness and her fragility.
500
What is the name of the flowers that was frequently said in a certain scene of the play that drove some of the class crazy.
Jonquils
500
In what way does Amanda try to live through Laura?
By pushing her to have gentlemen callers.
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