information for glass menagerie test Flashcards
high school
soldan
dance hall
paradise dance hall
college
rubican’s business college
tuition for business college
$50
shoe warehouse
continental shoemaker’s
name of the yearbook
the torch
flower shop
the jewel box
play in high school
pirates of penzance
jim brings this in with wine/ symbolic of romance
candelabrum
bessie may hooper
serial writer
scarlet o hara
central character in the novel, gone with the wind
clark gable
actor in gone with the wind
king midas allusion
his touch turned everything to gold. eventually a curse as he turned his daughter to gold
the sphinx to amanda
full of riddles and mystery.
amanda has no myster
who wrote gone with the wind
margaret mitchell
who was dh lawrence
a writer who had loads of sex in his novels
jim’s fiance
betty
cost for cigs
$.15
setting
1930’s
st. louis
stereotypes about irish
delaney- o’connor
they drink
differing opinions on instinct from Amanda and Tom
amanda- belongs to animals
tom- belongs to fighters, lovers
what was the jolly roger
flag of the merchant marines
symbols of amanda’s youth
yellow voile
and jonquils
how much does jim make a month
$85
how much does tom make a month
$65
examples of feathering the nest
new floor lamp
covers on chair and sofa
curtains
examples of pluming the bird
nice dress
does hair
stuffs bra
what does the term “domestic” mean as it is used in the novel
housewife
laura’s nickname
blue roses
where did the nickname blue roses come from
pleurosis
Tennessee William’s sister
rose
laura can be described as what color because it is
rose
fragile
nickname for jim
freckles
nickname for tom
shakespeare
symbols for tom’s escape
fire escape, drinking, movies, writing, merchant marines
symbols for laura’s escape
menagerie collection, Victrola, nicname-blue roses, park (to escape business school
what does laura see in the park
penguins
5 autobiographical elements of the novel
T.W. had a crippled sister- tom has a crippled sister
tom stands for Tennessee Williams= tom wingfield
Tennessee Williams worked in shoe factory like tom and hated it equally
depression like tom
went to room after work to write
Mr.Wingfield was a telephone man and loved long distances
Tennessee William’s father was a traveling salesman and was never home that much
tom and jim’s boss
mr. mendoza
Pulitzer prize winning novels of Tennessee Williams
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Streetcar Named Desire
compare tom to santiago
both striving for goal; S-prove himself, T- wants to escape Both like adventure Both have something to do with the sea both have nicknames Both stuck in situation
contrast tom and santiago
santiago takes pain; tom whines about it
santiago is simple; tom is creative
santiago is content where he is; tom is not
santiago is humble/helps others; tom wants to escape
santiago is at the end of his conquest; tom is beginning his
santiago’s whole life is an adventure; tom has been boring
characteristics of a memory play
very soft music, centers around laura soft and dim lights, lighting spot on laura gauzy fabric, light and eerie no props or other small decorations movements are dancelike
