1、The Glass MenagerieCharacter analysisToms Double Role in the PlayAs a character whose recollections the play documents As a character who acts within those recollections 作为一个人物,他的回忆播放文档作为一个角色在扮演这些回忆The Character Who Is Full of Contradiction（矛盾）Care for his family Indifferent and even cruel toward th
2、em.（漠不关心甚至残酷）Rational（理性）Sometimes emotional（情绪）Dreamer Breadwinner（养家糊口）Dreams of higher things Stuck in reality,the lower class,lower job and endless householdThe Man Who Intensifies（加剧）the Relation Between Wingfields A character also a narrator points out the tension between truth and memorys dis
3、tortion of truth Intensifies the relation between Wingfields and clearly shows their personalities Amandas nostalgia（怀念）for her past and demands for the familys future Lauras social and physical handicaps（缺陷）Conflicts&Characteristics of Amanda and LauraThe Quarrel between Amanda and TomCause:Legend
4、on Screen:“You Think Im in Love with Continental Shoemakers?”the causeThe great difference of their thoughts toward values and life between Amanda and Tom.Tom is always thinking of superior things,quite unsatisfied with the status quo（现状）,especially for his mother.Amanda affords him no privacy.She a
5、lso arbitrarily（任意）returns his book,to which she calls a kind of“filth”.The Emotional QuarrelLack of PrivacyAmanda:What is the matter with you,you-big-big-IDIOT!Tom:Look-Ive got no thing,no single thing-Tom:In my life here that I can call my OWN!Everything is-Different thoughtsTom laughs wildly when
6、 Amanda is speakingAmanda:BUT I WONT ALLOW SUCH FILTH BROUGHT INTO MY HOUSE!No,No,no,no,no,no!Toms PointTom:House,house!Who pays rent on it,who makes a slave of himself to-(He means himself,the one who pays the rent)The Emotional QuarrelToms Attempt to EscapeTom:No,I wont hear more.Im going out!Aman
7、da:You come right back in-Tom:Out,out,out!Because Im-Laura(desperately):Tom!Amandas PointAmanda:I think youve been doing things that youre ashamed of.Thats why you act like this.I dont believe that you go every night to the movies.Oh,I can picture the way youre doing down there.Moping,doping,because
8、 youre in no condition.Tom(wildly):No,I am in no condition!Amanda thinks Toms misbehavior is endangering his job and,hence,the familys security.The Emotional Quarrel Toms RageTom:Listen!You think Im crazy about the warehouse?(He bends fiercely toward her slight figure.)You think Im in love with the
9、Continental Shoemakers?You think I want to spend fifty-five years down there in that-Every time you come in yelling that God damn“Rise and Shine!”“Rise and Shine!”I say to myself“How lucky dead people are!”But I get up.I go!.For sixty-five dollars a month I give up all that I dream of doing and bein
10、g ever!And you say self-selfs all I ever think of.Why,listen,if self is what I thought of,Mother,Id be where he is-GONE!(pointing to fathers picture)Tom says:You ugly-babbling old-witchHe passionately expresses his hatred for the factory,and seems to envy the dead people for Amandas morning slogans
11、sake.He also says how he has abandoned his dreams to work day after day for them.And if he is exactly a selfish person as Amanda claims,he would have deserted them long ago.Overview of This Conflict She desperately tries to seize his son,whom she considered as the backbone of great importance to bot
12、h the future and present,in the family.Therefore she may unintentionally ignore her sons feelings.When Tom starts past her(for he wants to leave immediately),Amanda grabs his arm.She fears to lose again-first her husband,now the son.Amanda is willful in doing what she deems as righteous.She presumpt
13、uously returns his book by the insane(in her opinion)Mr.Lawrence.Have you noticed Lauras existence in this conflict?There is only one line.Lauras painful shyness and silence is completely shown.“My glass!-menagerie”His arm catches in the sleeve of the coat as he struggles to pull it on.For a moment
14、he is pinioned by the bulky garment.With an outraged groan he tears the coat off again,splitting the shoulders of it,and hurls it across the room.It strikes against the shelf of Lauras glass collection,there is a tinkle of shattering glass.LAURA cries out as if wounded.LAURA(shrilly):My glass!-menag
15、erie(she covers her face and turns away)(TOM is left with LAURA.LAURA clings weakly to the mantel with her face averted.TOM stares at her stupidly for a moment.Then he crosses to shelf.Drops awkwardly to his knees to collect the fallen glass,glancing at LAURA as if he would speak but couldnt.)A conf
16、lict between Tom and Laura.Tom accidentally breaks her glass menagerie,and seems to say something to Laura but couldnt.Laura and the Glass MenagerieThe glass menagerie stands for a symbolic meaning-Lauras personality.Like these fragile,beloved glass animals,Laura is also delicate,flighty.Lauras firs
17、t response to her broken treasure is sorrow,not anger.Toms speechlessness toward Laura may suggest his own self-contradiction,and Lauras pathetic personality.玻璃动物园代表一个象征意义-Laura的个性。像这些脆弱,心爱的玻璃动物,劳拉也是精致、反复无常的。劳拉的第一反应她受伤的宝藏是悲痛的,不是愤怒。汤姆的无言向劳拉，可能会建议他自己的矛盾,劳拉的可怜的人格。Laura the PeacemakerIn Scene 4,Tom retu
18、rns homeThe conflict among the three.Due to his indignant departure,Amanda says:“I wont speak to you-until you apologize!”Laura plays an role as peacemaker between Amanda and Tom.In the possible complete silence between them,Laura becomes dramatically active(compared to the former scenes)in speaking
19、,for she wants to recover the atmosphere in her family.Amanda sends Laura out to buy groceries on credit.On the way down the fire escape,Laura slips and falls but is not hurt.Both Amanda and Tom instantly show their care for her.But as soon as Tom apologizes,Lauras play becomes again unimportant.Cha
20、racteristics of Amanda and LauraThrough analyzing the conflictsCharacteristic of AmandaThrough the quarrel between Amanda and Tom,we know that they have quite different thoughts and values.Amandas Background and Change Amanda,who has a quite traditional upbringing,is from a prominent Southern family
21、.But things have changed-everything she was once taught to value is now with a wholly new aspect.She does indeed suffer from this significant change,of economic and social status.We can perceive that Amanda is still sticking to the old ways,about genteel manner and values.Amanda is seemingly quite d
22、emanding and dominant,yet we should not forget her love and willingness to sacrifice for her children.坚持过去的方式,关于文雅的态度和价值观。阿曼达似乎是非常苛刻,霸道,但是我们不应该忘记她的爱和牺牲意愿为她的孩子。Characteristic of AmandaEvidence:Before the quarrel between Amanda and Tom,she is working on subscription sales.What for?In fact,she is prepa
23、ring for Lauras marriage without much complaint.Due to the sharp turn of her life,which has alienated her from modern society,hardships are expected in her engagements with people.But she still does the hard work,with strange confidence.Amandas Psychological Defects（心理缺陷心理缺陷）Throughout the conflicts
24、,we see that her perspective and values are different from Toms.Affords no privacyOver-concerned with Toms future prospect.Over-concerned with Lauras marriage,she is always arranging,planning for it.阿曼达的心理缺陷在整个冲突,我们看到,她的观点和价值观不同于汤姆的。提供没有隐私并不考虑汤姆的前景。与劳拉的婚姻并不考虑,她总是安排、计划它。Characteristic of LauraLaura:c
25、rippled,wears a brace,walks with a limp.Twenty-three years old and painfully shy.She is far away from the reality outside the house.Throughout the conflictslFrom the obvious fewest lines in this play,we know that she is indeed“painfully shy”,almost selfless.lThe broken glass menagerie represents her
26、 fragile world.lThe existence of a mere pitiable figure of compassion,for Amanda and Tom never demand anything of her;they deem Laura as the innocent one.劳拉:残废,戴着一个括号,走路一瘸一拐。今年23岁,害羞。她是远离现实在房子外面。整个冲突从明显的这出戏中最少的线路,我们知道,她确实是“害羞”,几乎是无私的。破碎的玻璃动物园代表着她的脆弱的世界。存在一个纯粹的自损形象的同情,阿曼达和汤姆从未要求她;他们认为劳拉是无辜的人。Characte
27、ristic of LauralLaura,who is crippled both in mind and body,is almost totally alienated from the outside world.But yet no one ever blames Laura for her dependence,or her helplessness to support the family.Her selflessness somehow brings a sense of guilt upon Tom and Amanda,for their selfishness.That
28、 is,when Amanda and Tom are in embarrassment,she becomes strangely active to recover the family bond.In this play,she is the one who never hurts anyone.She really cares for other-she cries for Toms unhappiness.劳拉,心灵和身体瘫痪,几乎完全隔绝了外面的世界。然而,从来没有人指责劳拉 的依赖,或她无助地养家糊口。她不知何故带着某种负罪感在汤姆和阿曼达之间,为自己的自私。也就是,当阿曼达和汤姆在尴尬时,她变得奇怪的积极恢复家庭关系。这出戏里,她从来不伤害任何人。她真的关心其他人她为汤姆的不快而哭。
