An Analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from the Perspective of Object Relations Theory
| Autor: | Chang, Yu-Ting, 張毓庭 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 102 The purpose of this study is to analyze the object relations of the characters of The Glass Menagerie, and to explore the complexity of feelings of all the characters to know how the relations influence the main characters’ family from the perspective of object relations theory. This study will analyze the characters’ behaviors and their dialogues from each character’s viewpoints, and contrast the similarities and differences between characters’ inner worlds and outer world of reality. This study explores the characters’ object relations by Melanie Klein’s and Donald W. Winnicott's theories, and refers to Williams' memoirs, letters and essays as supplementary materials. The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and the character Tom is the narrator who leads the audience into his memories. Therefore, this study will first analyze Tom’s object relations to know the causes and effects of Tom’s runaway, then analyze his mother Amanda, sister Laura, and colleague Jim’s object relations. Finally, this study will summarize the four characters’ object relations as the conclusion. |
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