Each character's path / 10 discussion questions

Each picture of Amanda, Tom, and Laura show their own personalities. Amanda serves food to Jim at the dinner while wearing the yellow dress, in order to make him fall in love with Laura and have a marriage. She always cares about Laura, since she is different with other girls; one of her biggest hopes is hopeless Laura to marry a man who can sincerely support and take care of her. Furthermore, Amanda often fights with Tom since each of them has a strong differing opinion. They conflict while Tom hating his life since he should give up his dream to earn money, and Amanda keeps persuading him to work and support his family. Tom likes writing and adventure, but his actual life and the reality is like darkness without hope or future. He goes to the warehouse everyday, smokes, and fights with his mom. Also, there is the biggest confliction occurring between Tom and Amanda, because Amanda gets really mad as Tom invited a man in dinner who has already been engaged with another woman. After the fight, Tom leaves home. Laura is a terribly shy girl who has no job and usually stays in the home. Since she has a crippled leg, she loses her confidence and barely tries to approach a man who she likes. She likes to collect glasses, and glass menagerie represents everything in her whole life.


10 discussion questions:

1. Why does Tom seem like he hates his life and his work in warehouse?
2. During the high school age, why would Laura not approach to Jim? Why was it not easy for her to approach to a boy who she likes?
3. How do you think of Jim O'Connor? What is the reason of him kissing to other Laura although he already has a fiance?
4. Amanda always hopes Laura to find gentleman caller, and asks Jim to find man for her. Why does she think that having marriage is really important for Laura?
5. What is the symbol of the glass menagerie? what does it represent? what does it mean to Tom, Laura, and Amanda?
6. Why does Laura give her favorite unicorn to Jim? what does that represent?
7. Which character face the life most realistically? What affected them to be like that?
8. What are the similarities between Tom and his father? why do they try to escape from their realities?
9. How would you stage the dinner scene while Laura having conversation with Jim? How would you use the light, song, and costumes to express they are becoming close to each other?
10. How could you stage while Tom leaving his home? How would you show that he loves and cares lot about his hopeless sister Laura?