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Saturday, December 13, 2008
The Glass Menagerie
Families are often more than just those who survive. To what extent and in what ways is the Wingfield family "haunted" and controlled by the absent Mr.Wingfield?
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Mr.Wingfield haunts his family because he lives within them. Tom carries all of his father's characterics. He notices it as well as his mother. Mr. Wingfield also controls the family because he left Mrs. Wingfield believing that a man must be there in a home to help provide for a family. Tom wants to leave , but Mrs. Wingfield does not want that to happen because without him,everything might fall through.
Mr. Wingfield's absence haunts all the members of the family. Mrs. Wingfield is afraid that Tom will follow in his father's path and leave the family because he is the family's provider. Tom has taken the place of his father and in doing so he's been forced to give up his dreams of being a writer and taking up working in a shoe factory. -REF
Mr. Wingfield controls the Wingfield family in his absence. Mrs. Wingfield does not want Laura to marry a man similar to Mr. Wingfield. Also, she does not want her son, Tom, to follow in his father's footsteps and leave her especially since he is the provider of the household. Therefore, because of Mr. Wingfield's absence, Mrs. Wingfield controls her children's lifes. -RAF
The Wingfield patriarch may be physically absent, but he is symbolically present nonetheless. Even though he has been gone for years, Mrs. Winfield still speaks of him to her children, therefore haunting Tom and Laura. Mr. Wingfield also controls the family in leaving them; being the only source of income, he creates a trap which forces Tom and his mother to take on common jobs that do not allow for social mobility. In this way, Mr. Winfield controls their financial and social progress and haunts their daily life.
The family is haunted by their father because their family is slowly falling apart because of him. Tom has to compensate for his father’s absence. Tom can not follow his dreams for this reason. IH
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Mr.Wingfield haunts his family because he lives within them. Tom carries all of his father's characterics. He notices it as well as his mother. Mr. Wingfield also controls the family because he left Mrs. Wingfield believing that a man must be there in a home to help provide for a family. Tom wants to leave , but Mrs. Wingfield does not want that to happen because without him,everything might fall through.
Mr. Wingfield's absence haunts all the members of the family. Mrs. Wingfield is afraid that Tom will follow in his father's path and leave the family because he is the family's provider. Tom has taken the place of his father and in doing so he's been forced to give up his dreams of being a writer and taking up working in a shoe factory. -REF
Mr. Wingfield controls the Wingfield family in his absence. Mrs. Wingfield does not want Laura to marry a man similar to Mr. Wingfield. Also, she does not want her son, Tom, to follow in his father's footsteps and leave her especially since he is the provider of the household. Therefore, because of Mr. Wingfield's absence, Mrs. Wingfield controls her children's lifes. -RAF
The Wingfield patriarch may be physically absent, but he is symbolically present nonetheless. Even though he has been gone for years, Mrs. Winfield still speaks of him to her children, therefore haunting Tom and Laura. Mr. Wingfield also controls the family in leaving them; being the only source of income, he creates a trap which forces Tom and his mother to take on common jobs that do not allow for social mobility. In this way, Mr. Winfield controls their financial and social progress and haunts their daily life.
The family is haunted by their father because their family is slowly falling apart because of him. Tom has to compensate for his father’s absence. Tom can not follow his dreams for this reason. IH
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