There are many similarities and differences amongst the characters from The Glass Menagerie and Ethan Frome. In The Glass Menagerie, Tom's actions act upon the similarities and differences to Ethan from Ethan Frome In Ethan Frome, Zeena's character and personality acts upon the similarities and differences to Amanda from The Glass Menagerie Even though both novels have similar and different points, each work tells the reader about dreams being unfulfilled. ... In the beginning of scene four in The Glass Menagerie, Tom states how the coffin in the magic show acts as a symbol of hi...

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'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a play in which Tom, the narrator and protagonist, has to deal with the idea of delusion. ... It was painful for Amanda to think about Mr. ... She displays motherly concern when she thinks about Laura's future. ... Jim does not tell Laura the truth about his relationship with another girl, but he went on to compliment Laura "Has anyone told you that you were pretty?". ... Since she was reliving her own life, she failed to understand the different personalities that her children possessed and ended up driving Tom away from home, a...

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