Several themes of the play/movie were discussed through different outside sources that also go along with the themes in the play/movie. The added character Blake in the movie came in and gave this huge speech on selling the leads and being a man, this added a sense of competition and lack of manhood to the other characters. Making the characters feel like they have to prove their manhood to the others and this new character, but also reaffirm their manhood to themselves. In the play didn’t have this added character, but the way the dialogue was written, and the characters interaction with one another showed the theme of who’s trying to show that they are a man. That theme is significant to the play because it is a big part of who the characters are or who they try to be, …show more content…
That he’s just the messenger boy and nothing more. When Levene was begging Williamson in the play it showed Levene stepping down from trying to show whom was the big man in town, and going against the theme because he was so desperate he would do anything. In a sense however this act doe not completely take away from the manhood theme because by providing for his family and all their financial needs gives him the title as the “man” in his house. This is an important part because for this character to break the theme showed the reader the severity of his home situations. In the play this scene was filmed in one location and in a different setting. All of these examples show significance to the themes of Glengarry Glen Ross because they all back up the theme by adding intensity within in the characters to show that they have something to prove and that they are worth