" I know I seem dreamy, but inside -- well, I'm boiling. Whenever I pick up a
shoe, I shudder a little thinking how short life is and what I am doing! Whatever
that means, I know it doesn't mean shoes -- except as something to wear on a
traveler's feet!" (Williams 62)
This quote comes from the play: The Glass Menagerie, but yet, it also seems to reflect the
real life of Tennesse Williams. The play: The Glass Menagerie, does in fact, reveal the
life of Tennesse and his family. This is evident through the Story's characters: Amanda
Wingfield as Edwina Williams, Tennessee's mother, Laura Wingfield as Rose Williams,
and Tom Wingfield as Tennessee Williams himself, that the play is based on Tennessee's
family life.
Amanda is the mother of Laura and Tom. She is a vivacious woman who clings
to the memories of her past as a young southern belle.
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English: Last Will and Testament of Tennessee Will...She quite often recalls her many
gentleman callers, as well as her days being a social butterfly (Williams 8). She is caring
for her children and wants the best for them. The story of Amanda's character could be
best depicted in the way of her quote:
"Well, in the South we had so many servants, Gone, gone, gone. All Vestige of
gracious living! Gone completely! I wasn't prepared for what the future brought
me. All of my gentlemen callers were sons of planters and of course I assumed
that I would be married to one and raise my family on a large piece of land with
plenty of servants. But man proposes---and woman accepts the proposal! To vary
that old, old saying a bit----I married no planter! I married a man who worked for
the telephone company!. . . A telephone man who---fell in love with...