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Post by benei115 on Mar 31, 2013 19:32:41 GMT -5
I believe that Laura's glass animals resemble her in many ways. First, they are delicate and are easily broken just like Laura. She is extremely self concious of her physical disability and therefore does not persevere through the challenges she faces. She quits business school after one day of embarassment, and does not even tell her mother. The glass sculptures similarly would not be able to survive if handled roughly just as Laura cannot cope with hardships.
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Post by sadieje115 on Mar 31, 2013 19:51:26 GMT -5
I think that when Laura's unicorn breaks it shows that she has broken out of her skin in some ways. She was always the odd one out, like the unicorn, and when the horn breaks she states something along the lines of "It's like all the others" referring to the other horses. She is no longer as shy as she used to be and it is all because she reminisced with Jim and figured out she doesn't have to be she and self conscious.
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Post by sadieje115 on Mar 31, 2013 20:16:13 GMT -5
I think the fire escape also plays a major role in the play. Every time a character wants to escape an argument or a situation they went on to the fire escape. For example, every time Tom had an argument with Amanda he some how ended up on the fire escape smoking.
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Post by juliadi15 on Mar 31, 2013 20:47:43 GMT -5
I agree with Amanda , Jim really helps Laura overcome her shyness and hopefully inspires her to become more like him in the future because he used to be the same way. Even though he can't be a gentleman caller for Laura, he still is very respectable and kind to her because he knows that she lacks confidence. What do you think is the importance of the candles in the end?
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Post by drews on Mar 31, 2013 21:45:02 GMT -5
Williams may have used glass as a material in order to represent transparent. As discussed earlier, Laura's favorite glass unicorn represents Laura. In the same way, the glass does. Throughout the play, it seems like Laura wants people to see her as transparent, and to look right through her and not notice her. When she was walking into chorus class with her brace on she wanted people not to notice her, and to just ignore her. She wanted to be transparent, like her unicorn. However, her uniqueness has prevented her wish, causing her to flee from social situations, and stay in her home collecting glass and listening to old record.
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Post by andersenec115 on Apr 1, 2013 8:32:56 GMT -5
I agree with Sadie, I think the fire escape is an important symbol throughout the the play as it represents a way to get away from a specific problem. I also thought the relationship between Tom and Laura was interesting because of the way Laura looks out for him and how they are able to talk about problems with each other.
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Post by anthonype115 on Apr 1, 2013 9:20:11 GMT -5
Why does the fire escape appear in the beginning of almost every scene? It must have some importance to the family.
Also I think Tom is very simillar to Troy from Fences because he feels that his life at home is holding him back from really living. That is why he supposedly goes to the movies every night. Do we know if he actually is going to the movies?
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Post by jacksondu115 on Apr 1, 2013 9:47:53 GMT -5
I found it hard to understand why Tom would ditch his family for the Seamen when they are already struggling.
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