My First Blogggggg(Lit & Perf)

                   The Glass Menagerie                             A movie based on the novel by  Tennessee Williams, directed by Anthony Harvey                                                                                                                                              Dec.14. Gym Major Characters: Katharine Hepburn (Amanda Wingfield) Sam Waterston  ( Tom Wingfield) Joanna Miles  ( Laura Wingfield) Michael Moriarty ( Jim O'Connor) In St. Louis, Missouri, there is a poor fam...

Tom's Diary Monday Sunny day I would never recall what happened today. A disgusting Monday with a disgusting job. I didn't do anything wrong, why my boss said I didn't well when he only came to check my work. Do you think I want to be here to serve all of mine? Obviously, I am serving my family, to be a successful man, it is not enough to work there and stay at this home. Tuesday Rainy day Fortunately, there was nothing in the daytime that bothered me, Jim was so nice to pay my lunch. What a great man! But he is strange that he never told about whether he has a girlfriend, I believe a man like him probably has one. I didn't know what happened to my mom, she started to observe what Laura did in the daytime. Rainy day is bad that I don't like to walk outside at night. Wednesday Sunny day Mom asked me to bring Jim home to meet with Laura. One thing will be embarrassed when you know the real meaning under the lie.  I believe Jim doesn't like Laura, anyway, ...

Act 1 1. Tom mentions the magic tricks in the scene one and scene four, what is that magic trick infers to? 2.Why Amanda suggests Tom to pretend having a normal meal in their home with Jim at the first time? Act 2 1. The engagment of Jim hits Amanda a lot, even though it is not Tom's responsibility, why Amanda is still arguing with him. 2.Laura's glass menagerie breaks twice, what is the difference? Characters Jim and Tom were classmates, what is this detail infers about? Tom is going to be the person like his dad, but he even doesn't mention his dad, why? Staging The music in the scenes that Tom is fighting against Amanda, what will the style of the music be? The table in the dining room has three chairs, what positions are seperated by three main characters? Jim looks like a successful man in the warehouse but he still loses the job, what is the atmosphere of him while playing? Both of Laura and Tom like to go outside, what is the difference between the...

Tom: "There is a trick that would come in handy for me-get me out of this 2 by 4 situation!" Tom at here came up an idea when he mentioned the magician's trick, he connected the trick to his wantings. They tried to nail the magician in the box but he still escaped. The nails symbolize the difficulties and his family, everything is being the obstacle of his dream, he is trapped like the magician but he can't run away. Tom has suffered a lot from the restrict environment, he undertook the whole income of this family, moreover, his mom always sermonized him. He is hardly seeing his adventure from this family. However, feeding the whole family is his responsibility as one of the members, but his wanting to has a trick like that magician is still reflecting that he wants to leave everything here away and to start a new journey. Laura: "My glass! - menagerie..." Laura shouted to her broken glasses since Tom broke it negligently. There is a premise that Tom is ar...