The Glass Menagerie

Lesson 3
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ELA

Unit 1

11th Grade

Lesson 3 of 15

Objective


Students will be able to explain how the author uses symbols and characters to develop the theme of reality.

Readings and Materials


  • Play: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams  pp. 11 – 18 — Scene 2

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Target Task


Question 1

Amanda’s description of women without a career as “little bird-like women without any nest” (p. 16) mainly serves to

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Question 2

How does the playwright convey that neither Amanda nor Laura exist entirely in reality? Explain using evidence from the scene.

Key Questions


  • What is the significance of the blue roses and of Laura's actions as described in the stage directions? What does Amanda's membership in DAR reveal about her character?
  • What does Amanda learn when she goes to the business college? Why is it so upsetting to her?
  • What is the irony of Amanda's focus on Laura's "deception"?
  • How does the playwright use this scene to develop the theme of reality? Escape?
  • Does either of the two women exist in reality? Explain using evidence.

Next

Students will be able to explain how the playwright develops the conflict in scene 3.

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