The following questions are due on Wednesday, 12/7/16. They should be shared with me using Googledocs.
1) Describe what Amanda, the mother, is expecting, the event for which she is waiting.
2) Then, speculate on how Tom and Laura might be feeling about her expectations.
3) Do Tom and Laura share her expectations? How do they react to their mother's behavior?
4) How does the dialogue and the action lead you to believe your opinion?
5) Since The Glass Menagerie is a memory play (and a Coming of Age story), it puts the reader in the place of Tom and Laura as the recipients of Amanda's smothering behavior. How might you feel if you were Tom?
6) How might you feel if you were Laura?
7) Why do you believe Laura tells Tom they should allow their mother to tell her stories, even if they have heard them before? Is this kindness or cruelty? Explain.
