family - how can you admire a man who does that? if taken into account the context of usa .
history and Willy's state (break down) then it becomes understandable, yet it should be .
remembered that miller is presenting a character to be disliked and mocked. .
The plot in a fictional play is important in keeping the reader's attention. The .
majority of the story builds towards a climax. This climax is where the peak of action, .
suspense or thrill takes place, which then leads to the resolution of the story. As in "Lord .
of the Flies" the author continued to increase conflict between the boys until a full-scale .
war takes place, which is the climax. The building up of conflict keeps the reader .
interested and draws curiosity and suspense throughout the novel. .
Plot, setting and characterization in fiction texts all have a .
significant effect on the reader's response. The reader is made to feel sympathetic towards .
the characters that are alienated from society, and angry towards those who are mean and .
violent. The plot has an extremely important role on the reader because it has to maintain .
their attention and interest. Essentially, plot, setting and characters provide the reader with .
an image.
Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things. Many of the .
symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form of escape or difference between .
reality and illusion. .
The first symbol, presented in the first scene, is the fire escape. .
This represents the "bridge" between the illusory world of the Wingfields .
and the world of reality. This "bridge" seems to be a one way passage. .
But the direction varies for each character. For Tom, the fire escape is .
the way out of the world of Amanda and Laura and an entrance into the world .
of reality. For Laura, the fire escape is a way into her world. A way to .
escape from reality. Both examples can readily be seen: Tom will stand .
outside on the fire escape to smoke, showing that he does not like to be .