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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Glass Menagerie
Hey Megan - How's the play? Tennessee Williams is one of my favorite playwrights. He loves to play with symbolism (hense the title). So which characters are made of "glass"?
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That question is to obvious ... ask one that requires more thought! ... please
I'm posting!!! I have always wanted to read the Glass Menagerie and it wasn't what I expected. The prologue came to mind several times throughout the play because Tom says that because it is a memory certain parts of it will be exaggerated and some parts played down, I wondered throughout what parts they were. I was surprised by the choice of narrator because in the end Tom leaves (I hope I didn't just give it away for someone planning on reading the play, sorry) and I hated him for leaving. Usually the narrator is someone you really like and makes constructive choices for the other characters and holds everything together but Tom made things unsure and insecure when he fights with his mother and when he leaves in the end. I have to got to practice now so I'll write more later on symbolism and such.
Period 1 - English 10 Honors Period 2 - Dept. Head Duty (Sem2: Burnham Speech & Media) Period 3 - English 10 Honors Period 4 - Personal Prep (Sem2: Theatre as Literature) Period 5 - English 12AP Period 6 - English 12AP Period 7 - Theatre as Literature (Sem2: Personal Prep)
After School: Semester 1 - Speech and Debate Semester 2 - Speech then Theatre
Teaching English, Directing Theatre and Coaching Debate keeps me rather busy at Glacier High! I also have a personal life (gasp) that includes 2 amazing kids and a wonderful husband.
3 comments:
That question is to obvious ... ask one that requires more thought! ... please
Then answer it!
I'm posting!!! I have always wanted to read the Glass Menagerie and it wasn't what I expected. The prologue came to mind several times throughout the play because Tom says that because it is a memory certain parts of it will be exaggerated and some parts played down, I wondered throughout what parts they were. I was surprised by the choice of narrator because in the end Tom leaves (I hope I didn't just give it away for someone planning on reading the play, sorry) and I hated him for leaving. Usually the narrator is someone you really like and makes constructive choices for the other characters and holds everything together but Tom made things unsure and insecure when he fights with his mother and when he leaves in the end. I have to got to practice now so I'll write more later on symbolism and such.
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