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- Tom delivers his passionate closing monologue from the fire-escape landing as Amanda inaudibly comforts Laura inside the apartment and then withdraws to her room. Tom explains that he was fired soon after from the warehouse for writing a poem on a shoebox lid and that he then left the family.
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Tom delivers his passionate closing monologue from the fire-escape landing as Amanda inaudibly comforts Laura inside the apartment and then withdraws to her room. Tom explains that he was fired soon after from the warehouse for writing a poem on a shoebox lid and that he then left the family.
He says goodbye, although in the script it is unclear whether he is bidding goodbye to the audience or to his sister. Behind him, visible through the transparent wall, Amanda comforts Laura silently throughout Tom's speech. When Tom has finished speaking, Laura blows the candles out, ending the play. Analysis
- Tennessee Williams
“Things have a way of turning out so badly,” says Amanda. She accuses Tom of playing a joke on them, but Tom insists that he didn’t know about Jim’s engagement. He leaves to go to the movies, and Amanda yells that for all he cares about the family, he might as well go to the moon.
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 berates...
After flitting about and chattering, she is about to leave when Jim explains that he has to go because he is engaged. Amanda is surprised and says that Tom didn't tell them that Jim was engaged. Jim explains that no one knows it yet, and then he leaves.
What might happen to Laura and Amanda after Tom's departure in "The Glass Menagerie"? My major concern would be for Laura. The imagery and the rest of the play suggests that Laura is a lot...
The stage directions call for the spotlight to stay on Amanda and Laura during Tom’s final monologue. Toward the end of his monologue, Tom addresses Laura directly. Tom’s last speech to Laura carries ambiguous import.
