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The definition of dramatic irony
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Contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true
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The definition of conflict
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Problem
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5 kinds of conflict
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Man vs. Man
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Fate
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Man vs. Man
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Tom vs. Amanda
Laura vs. Amanda
Laura vs. Jim
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Man vs. Society
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Amanda vs. the real world
Laura vs. the real world
Jim vs. the world looking down on him for abandoning his family
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Example of dramatic irony
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Amanda asking Tom not to be a drunk and Tom promising not to be even though the audience knows that he was drunk last night
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Example of dramatic irony
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Amanda thinking that the lights went out because of the fuses but the audience knows that it is because Tom did not pay the light bill and instead used the money to pay his dues
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Symbol??
Tenement
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Prison, jail
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Symbol??
"blue roses"
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Laura - beautiful but doesn't exist in the real world
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Symbol??
Laura stumbling and almost falling on the fire escape
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Laura will be stuck in the tenement and will never escape
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Symbol??
the glass menagerie
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Laura - both are fragile, easily broken
the glass - physically can break
Laura - can emotionally break
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Symbol??
the unicorn
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Laura - both are unique and odd and do not exist in the real world
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Symbol??
when the unicorn breaks his horn off
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Laura cannot escape into her illusionary world anymore
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When Amanda's illusionary world is shattered
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When Amanda calls Laura crippled
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Is Tom ever truly able to escape?
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No, he can escape physically but he still has the memories of his sister so he feels guilty for leaving
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