Question

Tennessee Williams provides extensive and detailed stage directions for The Glass Menagerie. Readers are given a very specific account of the play's setting.

1. Review the stage directions and, in your discussion post, identify the most important aspects of the setting.

2 .Then, consider how these elements contribute to the central ideas of the play.

3. Does the setting symbolically reflect the conflicts faced by the characters?

4. Does it constrain and limit the characters?

5. Does it represent their desires and motivations?

Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style, and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should never exceed 25% of the post.

When you are responding to the posts of your classmates:

1. Discuss any similarities or differences you have with the stage elements identified.

2. Did their conclusions help you to see The Glass Menagerie in a different light?

3. Elaborate on any key points.