Remake of The Glass Menagerie Today by Logan England https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z Character en-us 2018-10-23 16:27:35 UTC 2025-11-24 16:11:36 UTC hello@padlet.com “Tom enters dressed as a merchant sailor…” (Act 1, Scene 1, Page 10) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299463321 It is stated in the play that Tom is wearing a long, sailor overcoat. ]]> 2018-11-01 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299463321 “There he stops and lights a cigarette” (Act 1, Scene 1, Page 11) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299472416 Tom is a heavy smoker. He frequently smokes when he's stressed, which is a lot. He needs something to take the edge off because of his mother and his life that he hates. ]]> 2018-11-01 16:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299472416 “I’m going to the movies.” (Act 1, Scene 3, Page 24) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299473494 Tom also uses movies to escape his own reality. He goes to the movies often, watching and thinking about what life would be like if he were out of his own situation. ]]> 2018-11-01 16:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299473494 “There he stops and lights a cigarette” (Act 1, Scene 1, Page 11) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299473623 Tom smokes to help ease the stress of his mother constantly beratng him. ]]> 2018-11-01 16:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299473623 “I descended these steps of this fire-escape for the last time and followed, from then on, i my father's footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space…” (Act 2, Scene 8, Page 68) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299474973 Toms desire is to become a writer, but underneath that, he just wants to live his life without constant direction and input from his mother. He wants to not have to work a job he hates, for a family he doesn't want to support because his father left. So he takes after his father, and abandons his family for the betterment of himself.]]> 2018-11-01 16:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299474973 englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299476847 2018-11-01 16:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299476847 “...quaint period when the huge middle class of America…” (Act 1, Scene 1, Page 11) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299478736 Assuming Tom doesn't miss any work, or have his pay cut in any way, he makes $780 a year. That would be equal to $13,673.78 today. This, along with the fact that Tom explicitly talks about the middle class of america, would have me put him in that category.]]> 2018-11-01 17:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/299478736 “You are going to listen to me, Tom Wingfield. I’m tired of your impudence. - And another thing - I’m right at the end of my patience!” (Act 1, Scene 3, Page 23) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301088711 Amanda feels as though she should hold the power in the household. She feels that tom is delusional in what he believes for himself.  ]]> 2018-11-06 16:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301088711 "[touching his sleeve] You know how Laura is. So quiet but - still water runs deep ! She notices things and I think she - broods about them. [Tom looks up.] A few days ago I came in and she was crying." (Williams) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301095379 Laura is quiet, and seems to not like all the conflict in the household. She keeps to herself, thinking. ]]> 2018-11-06 16:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301095379 “This and the unsteadiness of his advance make it evident that he has been drinking” (Act 1, Scene 4, Page 25) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301106238 Along with smoking, Tom drinks. He drinks to forget. He wants a better life for himself. He drinks away his emotions. ]]> 2018-11-06 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301106238 “For sixty-five dollars a month…” (Act 1, Scene 3, Page 23) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301108792 Tom works at a warehouse job that he absolutely hates, and only gets paid $65 a month, ]]> 2018-11-06 17:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301108792 "What it's like" by Everlast englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301111767
“I descended these steps of this fire-escape for the last time and followed, from then on, i my father's footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space…” (Act 2, Scene 8, Page 68)
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Nobody really knows how Tom feels, truly. He sometimes gets angry and says things, but nobody truly truly knows how he feels deep down. ]]> 2018-11-06 17:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301111767 englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301112395 2018-11-06 17:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301112395 englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301112828 2018-11-06 17:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301112828 “Tom enters dressed as a merchant sailor…” (Act 1, Scene 1, Page 10) englandl https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301115308 It is stated in the play that Tom is wearing a skull fitted cap. ]]> 2018-11-06 17:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/englandl/3bqh6xcilf6z/wish/301115308