Glass Menagerie Discussion
Respond to the following:
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?