1. The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams

2. Setting of Play St. Louis, Missouri Great Depression- 1930’s
The play shows many familiarities to his real-life family
Father- barely home
Mother- controlling & overbearing
Sister- suffered from a mental illness
Memory Play
Narrator reflects on his past and shares his memories in a non-linear fashion

3. Common Language DAR- Daughters of the American Revolution
Social Organization/ Charities
D.H. Lawerance
contains explicit descriptions of sexual activity and, for decades, they were banned in many parts of the U.S. and Great Britain
Milton
John Milton- “Paradise Lost”: It describes the Judeo-Christian story of Eden, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the devil, and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
Still waters run deep- saying describes the calm exterior of a person

4. More...
"Union of Merchant Seaman" is the labor union for people working on ships which transport goods on the high seas
"Krauthead" (as in sauerkraut) is a derogatory term for a person of German descent. This play was written during the Second World War when the U.S. was fighting Germany
Garbo- This is Greta Garbo, a beautiful and famous movie star of the 1930s and 1940s.