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Author Choices
Stage Directions Juxtaposition Narration
The Glass Menagerie Tristan, Jacob, Harrison Author Choices Stage - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Glass Menagerie Tristan, Jacob, Harrison Author Choices Stage - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Glass Menagerie Tristan, Jacob, Harrison Author Choices Stage Directions Juxtaposition Narration Stage Directions Specific directions brings life to the play Guides characters Shapes emotions and responses Shapes dynamics that require
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Stage Directions
Specific directions brings life to the play
Guides characters Shapes emotions and responses
Shapes dynamics that require them
Play is a dream Food is imagined
Creates tone for the scenes
How the actors move
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Juxtaposition
Menagerie and the setting
Nice Glass collection Ragged apartment
Laura and other characters
Fragile person Caught in their own worlds Different coping methods
Use of the element emphasizes others
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Narration
Tom- Opening Scenes 1, 3, 6, and 7 Purpose
Provides characterization in little time Sets the scene with the tonality of the context Introspective look into the narrator’s thoughts Reveals Author’s Intentions Memory, Interactions, Symbols
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Literary Lenses
Structuralism Historicism Reader Response Criticism
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Structuralism
Exposition
Amanda- Mother, Nostalgic and Controlling/Pressing Laura- Daughter and Sister, Defected, Social Awkward Tom- Son and Brother, Restless, Man of the House
Inciting Incident
Laura: Amanda argues with Laura on the basis of schooling Tom: Tom and Amanda’s argument about how Tom spends his time
Rising Action
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Structuralism
Climax
Tom: Learning that he is a member of The Union of Merchant Seamen, and plans to leave like his father Laura: The breaking of her glass unicorn
Falling Action
Learning that Jim has a lover and him leaving
Resolution
Tom leaving “beyond the moon”
OOT
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Historicism
- Great Depression Era setting
- First presented to the audience of 1945
○ Original audience had experienced the Great Depression ○ Grim common experience used as the setting
- Dark commonalities in experience express William’s
melancholy
○ Personal loss to mental illness and neglect ○ Play’s tonality set by historical backdrop
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Reader Response Criticism
Underlying economic struggle shows audience consideration Alternative focus on social conflict
Personal Desire vs. Responsibility Love vs. Social Ineptitude
The audience’s interpretation differs between performances
Romanticized performances give weight to character relationships
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Film Clips
(1973): http://ytcropper.com/cropped/k35706e9617804f (1987): http://ytcropper.com/cropped/nD5706f3670a5a9 (2014): http://ytcropper.com/cropped/Ae5706ef10a71b7
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Discussion
How does the setting affect the effectiveness of the themes of the play? How do stage directions affect the dramatic arc of the story? What effect does juxtaposition have on the effectiveness of the drama in the play? To what extent does the audience being omniscient of the narrator affect the underlying theme of the play?