Act1Glassmenagerie

Scene I -
It begins with Tom explaining the beginning of his tale. Tom then describes himself and his role in his story and the other characters in his story. We also learn that the father of the household abandoned the family and the last remnant of him is a postcard from Mexico. The beginning of Tom's story begins with Tom entering his dining room and joining his sister, Laura, and his mother, Amanda, who are eating dinner. The scene continues on to reveal what will become a large part of the story, Amanda's hopes to get Laura married. In addition a recurring event is shown in Amanda talking about her past life growing up in Mississippi. We can tell that this is an event which seems to occur normally as to the fact that what Amanda is saying seems to be one which had been said often, and the questions Tom asks seemed to be in a very sarcastic/condescending tone in that he has asked them many times before. Laura then explains that she has not had many suitors, which leads to the end of the scene.

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