Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Response Journal Topics -- The Glass Menagerie

1. To what extent are the members of the Wingfield limited by their disappointment and isolated from one another?

2. Clearly, there is love in the Wingfield home. Why isn't there happiness? What or who is at the root of the family dysfunction?

3. a. How does the design of the play (i.e. staging, lighting...) illustrate the theme of illusion vs. reality?
b. If the gentleman caller is a symbol, how might Tom, Laura, and Amanda also be symbols?

4. a. Why does Jim "forget himself"?
b. What are the symbolic applications of the glass unicorn in the play?