Glass menagerie study guide

1. Amanda is a sympathetic character, but she is also demanding of her children and often quite silly?instructing Tom, although he is a grown man whose wages support their family, how to chew his food. Laura tries to clear the table, but Amanda tells her to sit and be the lady while she does the work. Tom has a tender relationship with Laura; when Tom expresses frustration at the start of Amanda's story about her …

…Jim speaks admiringly of Laura's character, and then he begins to praise her looks. He tells her that she is pretty. Laura is beside herself with shy happiness from this praise. 10. I could Forsee that Tom would eventually leave. He was too unhappy, and was constantly out of the house. She accuses him of selfishness, and says that he never thinks of them, "a mother deserted, an unmarried sister who's crippled and has no job."