The Glass Menagrie The play is about both because if you fantasize too much then you won't be able to fulfill your hopes and dreams. Instead of wasting your time fantasizing, why don't you get up and make your dreams come true. Like Tom, all he did was go and waste his time watching movies every night. All he did was make himself miserable. He needs to get up and go do something with himself.
The Glass Menagerie i feel is about both because the characters all have fantasies of fulfilling their hopes and dreams that brings danger with that. Each character seems to have a dream with Tom wanting to leave to a bigger and better life, Amanda to relive her fond past through Laura, Laura to be with her highschool dream guy and to not be so shy, and Jim to be with his love Betty. This only leaves someone heartbroken or in a difficult situation.
Because their their thinking of fulfilling their dreams is controlling their life.Tom dreams to get away from his current life and moving to a better one, which he achieved in the end but it seemed that he didn't get what he really wanted. For Amanda her dreams was to to look out for them and lead them to their right path in life, but her way was too complicated. For Laura her dream was to get away from her shyness, because it doesn't benefit her in life. They all in the end get the results of their hopes and dreams....
This play is about the dangers of fantasy. By the ways that the characters fantasize, it leads to trouble and hurt. Tom fantasizes about adventure and action and this leads to him wanting to leave and at the end of the play finally leaving and leaving his mother and sister and longing and missing his sister which he thinks about and sees in his imagination when he is looking at the coloured glass. Amanda longs for a future, someone to take care of her and support her and be there for her and she thinks she can find that in Laura which causes Laura to feel pressured and in a way resent her mother for doing this to her. Laura fantasizes about love and having friends and Jim but when her brother and mother both try to help her out and Jim comes over her hopes are crushed because he acts like he likes her and kisses her but then tells her that he is going steady and is about to be married to some girl he is in love with and basically just led her on. All you can see from this is that the play is about the dangers of fantasy.
In my opinion the play is a little of both... It is based upon people trying to fulfill their hopes and dreams which in the end we see are just fantasies that bring pain. Amanda's hopes and dreams were for her to live her past life through Laura, thus pressuring her to find that perfect man that she never found. In the end this was just a fantasy because it never became actuality, it always remind a dream for Amanda for which she played out as a fantasy. Tom's dreams were to chase adventure and be relieved of his financial duties. Tom was the only one in the play that had fulfilled his dreams. Laura's dreams were to make everyone else happy. She dealt with her mother and her nagging which made her have fantasies about being "normal". All of these out comes in the play had brought pain throughout the house. Tom leaving left Amanda and Laura to fend for themselves, Laura Not being able to find a husband left a sense of worry over Amanda.
I think the play is about both because Amanda is living in a fantasy world but living throw Laura. Amanda was also living off of Toms income. All the characters have dreams Tom wants to live on his own. Laura wants to have someone to love and help her with her disablity.
The play is about both fulfilling hopes and dreams and about the danger of fantasy. It seems Tom and Amanda both fantasize to the point where they're missing their chance to reach their dreams. The more one sits and fantasizes about what they want to do, the less time they have to accomplish their hopes and dreams. Fantasizing can be dangerous if thats all you do. Amanda, she fantasizes through her daughters life, living in her own world. Tom fantasizes about escaping, but enough to the point to where he's able to distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality and take action in fulfilling his hopes and dreams.
I would consider it both. I mean, the fantasy that Amanda sees is just the reality that will never happen. It could, but what is a good chance of that? If it hasn't happened before, it's not going to happen now. Whereas Tom's fantasy can become reality because he has more promise of his hopes and dreams. Laura just goes with the flow. She has no reality and no fantasy, she goes with what she feels. The fantasy is dangerous where the reality is just disturbing. Amanda depends on fantasy to become reality and that just hurts those around her. Especially Tom.
KEEP IT A BUCK DOEEEE!!!! THIS PLAY WAS GOINGGG INN LIKE LIL WAYNE AND DRAKE. THAT NIGNOG TOM WAS LIKE MOMMA I AINT WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOU ANY LONGER SO HE BE MAKING HER UNCOMFORTABLE. THEN THEN THEN THAT GIRL LAURA GOT PLAYED LIKE A HORSE RACE BET. SHE WAS LIKE JIMMM MY HEROOO THEN HE WAS LIKE BABY I GOT A RINGGG. SHE GOT THE D STAIN.
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ReplyDeleteThe play is about both because if you fantasize too much then you won't be able to fulfill your hopes and dreams. Instead of wasting your time fantasizing, why don't you get up and make your dreams come true. Like Tom, all he did was go and waste his time watching movies every night. All he did was make himself miserable. He needs to get up and go do something with himself.
The Glass Menagerie i feel is about both because the characters all have fantasies of fulfilling their hopes and dreams that brings danger with that. Each character seems to have a dream with Tom wanting to leave to a bigger and better life, Amanda to relive her fond past through Laura, Laura to be with her highschool dream guy and to not be so shy, and Jim to be with his love Betty. This only leaves someone heartbroken or in a difficult situation.
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ReplyDeleteBecause their their thinking of fulfilling their dreams is controlling their life.Tom dreams to get away from his current life and moving to a better one, which he achieved in the end but it seemed that he didn't get what he really wanted. For Amanda her dreams was to to look out for them and lead them to their right path in life, but her way was too complicated. For Laura her dream was to get away from her shyness, because it doesn't benefit her in life.
They all in the end get the results of their hopes and dreams....
This play is about the dangers of fantasy. By the ways that the characters fantasize, it leads to trouble and hurt. Tom fantasizes about adventure and action and this leads to him wanting to leave and at the end of the play finally leaving and leaving his mother and sister and longing and missing his sister which he thinks about and sees in his imagination when he is looking at the coloured glass. Amanda longs for a future, someone to take care of her and support her and be there for her and she thinks she can find that in Laura which causes Laura to feel pressured and in a way resent her mother for doing this to her. Laura fantasizes about love and having friends and Jim but when her brother and mother both try to help her out and Jim comes over her hopes are crushed because he acts like he likes her and kisses her but then tells her that he is going steady and is about to be married to some girl he is in love with and basically just led her on. All you can see from this is that the play is about the dangers of fantasy.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion the play is a little of both... It is based upon people trying to fulfill their hopes and dreams which in the end we see are just fantasies that bring pain. Amanda's hopes and dreams were for her to live her past life through Laura, thus pressuring her to find that perfect man that she never found. In the end this was just a fantasy because it never became actuality, it always remind a dream for Amanda for which she played out as a fantasy. Tom's dreams were to chase adventure and be relieved of his financial duties. Tom was the only one in the play that had fulfilled his dreams. Laura's dreams were to make everyone else happy. She dealt with her mother and her nagging which made her have fantasies about being "normal". All of these out comes in the play had brought pain throughout the house. Tom leaving left Amanda and Laura to fend for themselves, Laura Not being able to find a husband left a sense of worry over Amanda.
ReplyDeleteI think the play is about both because Amanda is living in a fantasy world but living throw Laura. Amanda was also living off of Toms income. All the characters have dreams Tom wants to live on his own. Laura wants to have someone to love and help her with her disablity.
ReplyDeleteThe play is about both fulfilling hopes and dreams and about the danger of fantasy. It seems Tom and Amanda both fantasize to the point where they're missing their chance to reach their dreams. The more one sits and fantasizes about what they want to do, the less time they have to accomplish their hopes and dreams. Fantasizing can be dangerous if thats all you do. Amanda, she fantasizes through her daughters life, living in her own world. Tom fantasizes about escaping, but enough to the point to where he's able to distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality and take action in fulfilling his hopes and dreams.
ReplyDeleteI would consider it both. I mean, the fantasy that Amanda sees is just the reality that will never happen. It could, but what is a good chance of that? If it hasn't happened before, it's not going to happen now. Whereas Tom's fantasy can become reality because he has more promise of his hopes and dreams. Laura just goes with the flow. She has no reality and no fantasy, she goes with what she feels. The fantasy is dangerous where the reality is just disturbing. Amanda depends on fantasy to become reality and that just hurts those around her. Especially Tom.
ReplyDeleteKEEP IT A BUCK DOEEEE!!!! THIS PLAY WAS GOINGGG INN LIKE LIL WAYNE AND DRAKE. THAT NIGNOG TOM WAS LIKE MOMMA I AINT WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOU ANY LONGER SO HE BE MAKING HER UNCOMFORTABLE. THEN THEN THEN THAT GIRL LAURA GOT PLAYED LIKE A HORSE RACE BET. SHE WAS LIKE JIMMM MY HEROOO THEN HE WAS LIKE BABY I GOT A RINGGG. SHE GOT THE D STAIN.
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