#1
This play would be considered realistic. The people and situations in this play are universal. A reader can compare each person to someone they know or have observed in today's world. For example, Walter and Ruth are a couple who constantly fights. On page 34, Ruth says to Walter that "I listen to you every day, every night and every morning, and you never say anything new". I think that this is kind of funny because we can easily find a couple who gets annoyed since they are always around one another. Also, the play has a realistic struggles. The time period of this is during the Civil Rights Movement. Since it is focused around a black family, the struggles they face, such as moving into a new house and getting a job, are understandable. I mean there are some point where it is exaggerated or unreal. Like when Walter is drunk yelling an African word while Bennie dances in her African outfit on pages 78-79. Overall though, the play employs realistic qualities that the audience can either relate to or at least understand to a certain extent.
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Drama Blog- The Glass Menagerie
#6
The physical effects play an important role in this play. Unlike Shakespeare, Williams has every single detail of what is physically going to happen in the stage directions. I think that this is the case because he wants to emphasize the non verbal communication in the play. An example of the sets and stage movements would be on at the beginning of each scene. In the opening of Scene Two (page 1240), the stage directions explictly reveal the nervousness of Laura and intensifies the fear she has in the scene of her mother learning she has not been going to school. The actions and physical descriptions of Laura make this scene so clear that you can see the fear she has without her saying it out loud. I think that this also reinforces Amanda's effects on her children. Linda is obviously petrified of her mother, and the stage directions and movements make this point even stronger. Also, the Tennessee Williams uses the play's physical effects frequently in the play, which shows he wants to relay the enviornement to the audience. His play is more then just words. This physical part of the play makes it more realistic as well.
The physical effects play an important role in this play. Unlike Shakespeare, Williams has every single detail of what is physically going to happen in the stage directions. I think that this is the case because he wants to emphasize the non verbal communication in the play. An example of the sets and stage movements would be on at the beginning of each scene. In the opening of Scene Two (page 1240), the stage directions explictly reveal the nervousness of Laura and intensifies the fear she has in the scene of her mother learning she has not been going to school. The actions and physical descriptions of Laura make this scene so clear that you can see the fear she has without her saying it out loud. I think that this also reinforces Amanda's effects on her children. Linda is obviously petrified of her mother, and the stage directions and movements make this point even stronger. Also, the Tennessee Williams uses the play's physical effects frequently in the play, which shows he wants to relay the enviornement to the audience. His play is more then just words. This physical part of the play makes it more realistic as well.
Drama Blog- The Glass Menagerie
#1
This play employs both realistic and nonrealistic qualities. The realistic part would be that these characters are more modern compared to other plays we have read. They speak in a more modern way, unlike the Shakespeare. Also, some of the qualitites of them can be related to others in our life or seen in today's world. An example would be Amanda's anger towards her husband leaving them, or Tom's annoyance towards his mother. All of this can be relateable. I would say the play has some more nonrealistic qualities though. In the play, the fact that Tom is "the narrator of the play and also an character in it" (p 1236) is very unrealistic. I mean he is telling a story as if it is in the past, but at some parts he is acting like it is happening right then. It is kind of confusing, and very nonrealistic. Also, Tom finding a man so quickly to bring home is nonrealistic (page 1253). This is something that seems to be a very difficult task, so I am not sure how he does this so quickly.
This play employs both realistic and nonrealistic qualities. The realistic part would be that these characters are more modern compared to other plays we have read. They speak in a more modern way, unlike the Shakespeare. Also, some of the qualitites of them can be related to others in our life or seen in today's world. An example would be Amanda's anger towards her husband leaving them, or Tom's annoyance towards his mother. All of this can be relateable. I would say the play has some more nonrealistic qualities though. In the play, the fact that Tom is "the narrator of the play and also an character in it" (p 1236) is very unrealistic. I mean he is telling a story as if it is in the past, but at some parts he is acting like it is happening right then. It is kind of confusing, and very nonrealistic. Also, Tom finding a man so quickly to bring home is nonrealistic (page 1253). This is something that seems to be a very difficult task, so I am not sure how he does this so quickly.
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