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Toms double role in The Glass Menagerie
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Toms double role in The Glass Menagerie underlines the plays tension between objectively presented dramatic truth and memorys distortion of truth. ...
Tom’s double role displays both present and past tenses. ... The action sometimes consists of events that Tom does not witness; at these points, the play goes beyond simply describing events from Toms own memory. ... Toms fear of working in a dead-end job for decades drives him to work hard creating poetry, which he finds more fulfilling. ... We have no idea of Toms opinion on Lawrence, nor do we have any indication of what Toms poetry is about. ...
Toms distortion of truth toward Amanda and Laura clearly presents that he cares for them, but is frequently indifferent and even cruel toward them. ... 695) But he cruelly deserts her and Amanda, and not once in the course of the play does he behave kindly or lovingly toward Laura, not even when he knocks down her glass menagerie.
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Title: Toms double role in The Glass Menagerie
Words: 650
Rating: None
Pages: 2.6
submitted by: paige20
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