Tom doesn't listen to Amanda, and continues to escape through alcohol throughout the play. ... Amanda is again concerned for Tom and confronts him, saying, "You smoke too much. ... In the end of the play, Tom is able to escape the Wingfield house in a physical sense, but is unable to truly escape due to his emotions. ... Likewise, when he finally does depart from the Wingfield house, he is still unable to fully escape and he remains in the same situation as before. Tom Wingfield yearns for escape. ...

• Word Count: 1672
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Amanda: Oh, but why! ... Amanda: Betty, and who is that Your sister? ... Amanda: Oh really? ... ( Jim leaves the Wingfield apartment. ... Amanda: Isn't he your best friend in the warehouse. ...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Amanda sees the fire escape as an opportunity for gentleman callers to enter Laura's life. ... Wingfield, the absent father of Tom and Laura and husband to Amanda. ... Amanda always makes negative comments about her missing husband, yet his picture remains. ... When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead plays with her glass collection. When Amanda is heard walking up the fire escape, Laura quickly hides her collection. ...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Amanda, who lives her life through her children, is trying to escape the hardships that her family has endured by reliving her youth. Amanda desperately tries to push her children into seeking a better future. This delusion is in direct contradiction to Amanda's own past, who married, only to have her husband run off, leaving her with two children. ... Tom, Laura and Amanda all seem to think, incorrectly I might add, that escape is possible. ... Wingfield and Tom's departure prove to be a dead end in many ways. ...

• Word Count: 875
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School