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Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1945

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1. Tom says the play is dimly lighted because it’s a memory and is not realistic (Part 1, Scene 1). Amanda, Tom, and Laura wish on the moon (Part 1, Scene 5), and Amanda tells Tom to go to the moon (Part 2, Scene 7), but the moon is unattainable. The apartment lights go out because Tom used the money to pay for his escape instead of paying the bill (blurred text
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