isa reviewed The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
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4 stars
I had to read this book for English class. The Glass Menagerie is the very first non-Shakespearian play I've read. It's almost a bit startling at how much closer it is to our time. Just sixty, fifty years ago? Well, it was certainly a defrayed in not having to decipher olde English.
Although a lot of my friends seem to dislike it, I find it to be very peculiar yet entertaining. Some of the historical context is not there, but the situation in the play could very well be something that occurs today. Laura and her painfully shy nature reminds me of myself. It's something that made me want to read more, but at the same time, it's a bit unnerving to read about someone who's so much like myself.
But I think that's the beauty of this play. It's all realistic. A memory play that's vague and at the …
I had to read this book for English class. The Glass Menagerie is the very first non-Shakespearian play I've read. It's almost a bit startling at how much closer it is to our time. Just sixty, fifty years ago? Well, it was certainly a defrayed in not having to decipher olde English.
Although a lot of my friends seem to dislike it, I find it to be very peculiar yet entertaining. Some of the historical context is not there, but the situation in the play could very well be something that occurs today. Laura and her painfully shy nature reminds me of myself. It's something that made me want to read more, but at the same time, it's a bit unnerving to read about someone who's so much like myself.
But I think that's the beauty of this play. It's all realistic. A memory play that's vague and at the same time, so vivid that you can remember it like it was just yesterday. I would definitely read this agai when I'm older and maybe even read more of Tennessee Williams' plays.
