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1. www.sparknotes.com › character › amanda-wingfieldThe Glass Menagerie: Amanda Wingfield Quotes - SparkNotes

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   Amanda flirts openly with Jim O’Connor, as she has been doing throughout dinner. Now she uses Jim’s interest in her to direct his attention to Laura. With practiced Southern grace, Amanda improvises her own stage lighting to cover the embarrassment of an unpaid electric bill.

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2. www.sparknotes.com › lit › menagerieThe Glass Menagerie Scene Five Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   A summary of Scene Five in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Glass Menagerie and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   Unlike Tom and Laura, who retreat into their own private fantasies to escape from reality, Amanda lives her daily life through the rose-tinted glasses of her memories and dreams. Amanda is pragmatic in many ways––for example, she makes ends meet by selling magazine subscriptions.

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   AMANDA: Why do you say that? TOM: Don't you remember asking me to fetch one? AMANDA: I remember suggesting that it would be nice for your sister if you brought home some...

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   Tom calls Amanda an “ugly––babbling old––witch.” He tries to wrench on his overcoat, finds himself trapped in it, jerkily pulls it off, and throws it across the room, where it smashes into the shelf holding the glass menagerie and breaks several of the animals.

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   What are the obstacles and escapes for Tom, Laura, and Amanda in act 1, scenes 1–3 of The Glass Menagerie? Examine the details of Amanda's speech to Ida Scott in Scene 3 of The Glass Menagerie.

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   What did Tom say to Amanda?

   • TOM: That's what I've always said, Mother. AMANDA: You've never said anything of the kind and I suspect you would never give it a thought. TOM: Don't be so suspicious of me. AMANDA: At least I hope he's the type that's up and coming. TOM: I think he really goes in for self-improvement. AMANDA: What reason have you to think so?

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   Why does Jim receive a glass of wine from Amanda?

   • Amanda responds to Jim flirtatiously when he tries to diffuse the tension between Tom and her. As a result, Amanda gives Jim a glass of wine so that he can have a drink with Laura. Tom is washing the dinner dishes as punishment for neglecting the light bill.

   The Glass Menagerie Scene 7 Summary - eNotes.com

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   What does Amanda do in 'The Glass Menagerie'?

   • In 'The Glass Menagerie', Amanda enters with a telephone and elaborately, over-enthusiastically praises a magazine, describing one of the stories as the next 'Gone With the Wind'. The customer hangs up, and the lights dim. Amanda over-eagerly promotes a conventional style of femininity.

   The Glass Menagerie Scene 3 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts

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   What does Tom tell the audience about Amanda?

   • Tom appears on the landing of the fire escape and tells the audience that his mother is obsessed with the idea of a gentleman caller for Laura. He explains that Amanda has begun selling magazine subscriptions over the phone in order to earn extra money, with which she will “feather the nest and plume the bird.”

   The Glass Menagerie Scenes 3–4 Summary - eNotes.com

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   How does Amanda live her life?

   • Unlike Tom and Laura, who retreat into their own private fantasies to escape from reality, Amanda lives her daily life through the rose-tinted glasses of her memories and dreams. Amanda is pragmatic in many ways––for example, she makes ends meet by selling magazine subscriptions.

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   What does Tom tell Amanda about Laura?

   • He reminds Amanda that Laura is crippled, socially odd, and lives in a fantasy world. To outsiders who do not love her as family, Tom insists, Laura must seem peculiar. Amanda begs him not to use words like “crippled” and “peculiar” and asserts that Laura is strange in a good way. Tom gets up to leave. Amanda demands to know where he is going.

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8. www.enotes.com › topics › glass-menagerieThe Glass Menagerie Scene 7 Summary - eNotes.com

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   Amanda confronts Tom angrily, accusing him of playing a joke on her and Laura by inviting a man who is engaged to be married to dinner. Tom denies knowing that Jim is engaged, and Amanda...