Wingfield, Amanda's husband. ... Wingfield leave home. ... The rest of the Wingfield's ignore this, and this mysterious way he acts reminds Amanda the way his husband acted just before he left, spending many hours away from home, drinking, wandering off, until one day he did not return at all. Just like Amanda pointed out in Scene four, Tom gradually acquires his "father's ways", he starts behaving like him, doing the same things he does, until one day, he emulates him entirely, he abandons the left Wingfield members. ... Amanda also protects her. ...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6

Amanda Wingfield is described as "a little woman of great but confused vitality clinging frantically to another time and place- (Ritter 179). ... Talk of a gentleman caller was common in the Wingfield home. ... Amanda forces Laura to see this meeting as the most important event of her life. ... Amanda's primping and pushing cause Laura to be sick and completely overwhelmed. ... Amanda tried to explain that Laura is terrified of Tom leaving them all alone. ...

• Word Count: 2052
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This essay studies Williams's heroines who are unable to face their reality so they retreat into illusionary worlds created by themselves. Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire are the most outstanding examples. They are so fragile that facing...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School