![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() E Bigsby calls her actions a “theatrical gesture” and says that she is “an actress, self dramatizing, self conscious” (Literature). When Laura addresses her mother’s presence and asks about her meeting, Amanda “slowly opens her purse and removes a dainty white handkerchief which she shakes out delicately and delicately touches to her lips and nostrils” (Williams). Then she goes into the apartment and sags herself against the door and stares at Laura with a “martyred look”. Then she slowly lets herself in the door” (Williams). Before even coming into the apartment, Williams describes that she “purses her lips, opens her eyes very wide, rolls them upward, and shakes her head. In the beginning of scene II when Amanda finds out that Laura had dropped out of school, Williams makes sure to describe her feelings of disappointment and distress through her exaggerated her actions. These moments help emphasize the play’s theme more than a realistically told story would. Through Tom, Williams manages to tell his story with the use of very symbolic and exaggerated moments throughout the play. The story is told as a “memory play” through the main character, Tom. Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is told in a very interesting and complex way than most stories or playwrights. ![]()
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