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Glass Menagerie - Coggle Diagram
Glass Menagerie
Amanda
Good
Supportive of her children
Resillient / optimistic
loving mother
devoted
looks out for her children's future
Bad
insensitive --> unable to recognise that she and her daughter are different
controlling/ manipulative
unable to see reality -> reminiscing her youth
constant reference to Laura as sister
does not acknowledge her children's feeling s
Overbearing matriarch who demands her son’s loyalty to his sister
self indulges
Laura
Good
holds the family together
does not take sides
Despite her disability she does her best to try and fulfil her mother’s wishes/ expectations
Bad
Allows Amanda to continue to indulge in her fantasies
No backbone/ no strength
Emotional Blackmail
Holds Tom back prevents him from leaving
lack of confidence in herself
"i'm not expecting any gentleman callers"
Tom
Good
cares about his sister
Bad
easily irritated/ angsty
blind to amanda's love
escape
fire escape
unable to accept reality
Jim
Good
Bad