Scenes 1+2 The Wingfield apartment faces an alley in a lower middle class St. ... He sets the scene for the social background for the play, describes his role in it, and introduces the other characters by name. One character in particular, the gentleman caller, Tom singles out as a symbol of unrealized hope. The fifth and final character, the father, does not appear in the play: he skipped town long ago and hasn't been heard from except for a terse postcard farewell from Mexico. ... All of the characters in The Glass Menagerie's are sympathetic: this is one of the play's grea...

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• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School