Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
Beverly Matiko
Abstract
The Glass menagerie (1944) by American playwright Tennessee Williams is a memory play focused on the Wingfield family of St. Louis. The play develops themes of family dysfunction, failed expectations, and various attempts to escape reality. This project focuses on the character of Laura Wingfield, an introverted, emotionally fragile character who is almost always interpreted as helpless and tragic. However, though a close critical analysis of Laura's interactions with other characters and with key props such as her glass collection, the family's Victrola and candelabra, this project shows that Laura need not be viewed as tragically as critics typically have read her.
Recommended Citation
Weiso, Lydia M., "Chaos, Fragility, and Change: Revisiting Laura Wingfield" (2012). Honors Theses. 41.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/41/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/41
Subject Area
Wingfield, Laura (Character)--History and criticism
Creative Commons License
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/41/