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The history of stained glass. Stained glass was known in antiquity, in Byzantium, Rome, Ravenna and Gaul, but only in the Romanesque period that the technique of this art is fixed and that its use is widespread. The first stained glass came from Germany (Lorsch in Hesse and Magdeburg) and appear to date from the tenth century. At about the same time, there were windows in Champagne and Burgundy. From 1100, begins a prosperous period for the stained glass. The first workshops moved to Chartres. Then

play, The Glass Menagerie. Through the symbols of the glass menagerie, the Victrola, and Amanda’s memories of Blue Mountain, Williams emphasizes how Laura and Amanda live in their own fantasy worlds rather than deal with what is going on around them. To begin, Williams uses the Victrola to accentuate how Laura is antisocial and how she refuses to converse with the people around her. Throughout

The Glass Castle is a perfect and stable home, a better future for the family to live in. It is a recurring dream and goal for Jeannette's father, Rex, who wants to build a grand and beautiful home for his family. However, In Jeannette Walls' memoir "The Glass Castle," the Glass Castle changes from a symbol of hope for the family and turns into a reminder of the gap between dreams and reality, eventually becoming nothing more than a faint memory, a reminder from the past of what it took to survive

The submissions for this assignment are posts in the assignment's discussion. Below are the discussion posts for Tori-Lyn Smythe, or you can view the full discussion. from Discussion #1 - The Glass Menagerie Sep 14, 2017 10:04pm Click to change profile picture for Tori-Lyn Smythe The Glass Menagerie is a play that piques our curiosity on the story of the Wingfield family which includes, Tom, his sister Laura, and his mother Amanda. In the later scenes of the play, we are introduced to Jim O’Connor

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play published in 1944 by American playwright, Tennessee Williams. The play carries strong autobiographical elements due to the fact that it is based on Williams himself, his mentally fragile sister rose, and his melodramatic mother. Almost 30 years later, the play went on to premiere in many theaters and on the big screen; The cast included Katherine Hepburn as Amanda Wingfield, Sam Waterston as Jim O 'Connor, Michael Moriarity as Tom Wingfield, and Joanna Miles as

In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams showed that when Jim and Laura are together, they bring out the best of each other. In Laura’s case she did not have any gentleman callers, someone to connect to and express her concerns with. Until Jim, who was invited over by Laura’s brother Tim for dinner and shared an intimate moment with Laura in the living room. With Jim, people from high school expected him to be a huge success in life but he wasn’t, he ended up working at the same place as Laura’s

Metaphor The Glass Castle The goal of building The Glass Castle caused many ups and downs for the Walls family. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls the family is very poor and Rex who is the father wants to build a glass castle for the family. Jeannette who is the author and one of the main characters has positive outlooks and negative outlooks on her father wanting to build the glass castle. Rex tries his hardest throughout the book to bring happiness in trying to build the glass castle

The Glass Castle is unlike any other ordinary book. This true story holds almost every detail of a poor family’s life. It holds in its pages hardships, adventures, fighting, longing, and loving. With an artistic mother named Rose Mary, a smart daughter named Lori, a beautiful daughter named Maureen, a country son named Brian, a drunk father named Rex, and herself, an adventurous hard-working daughter named Jeannette, they were those very people who made up the Walls family. They faced more challenges

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play about a young woman, Laura, told through her brother Tom’s memory. Laura is introduced as a shy girl with a crippled leg. Her brother Tom works in a factory and is constantly trying to get away from his home due to the actions of his mother, Amanda. Laura’s escape is her glass menagerie and Tom escapes by going to the movies. Laura’s glass menagerie, her high school crushes nickname for her, and her unicorn figurine, are all symbols of Laura’s fragility. These

Mr. Walls represents a charismatic father who loves his children and teaches them important life skills. He encourages imagination inside of the Walls kids and often captures their dream and creativity. Together, the family had planned to build a glass castle that contains all of the family’s hope and inspiration. However, at the same time, Mr. Walls is the biggest problem in the family. Mr. Walls is a heavy alcoholic that drinks all of the family’s money away. When desperate, Mr. Walls would even

The submissions for this assignment are posts in the assignment's discussion. Below are the discussion posts for Edward Burcham, or you can view the full discussion. from Discussion #1 - The Glass Menagerie Sep 12, 2017 8:52pm Click to change profile picture for Edward Burcham When it comes to the plays vertical axis i'd have to say that it would go like this. Plot: The plot of the play is about a small family of people who have been so detached to reality that they live in their own little illusion

people. Jeannette Walls writes a memoir about aspects of her life in The Glass Castle, where she strongly reflects this philosophy. In this memoir Jeannette Walls describes the hardships in her life, which consists of low income, neglect of her parents, and underestimation. She goes through these hardships and eventually experiences release and growth in her life. Walls turns her struggles into a blessing. The Joshua tree in The Glass Castle displays the theme, that one’s struggles are what make them beautiful

The Glass Castle The Glass Castle is a memoir by jeannette walls. She writes the story from her perspective showing the reader the challenges she faced due to poverty.One of the many challenges is living with parents who couldn’t keep a job. Alcoholism was a barrier between Rex and his family. although Jeanette’s parents were irresponsible, Lazy and careless, they managed to raise their children into well-educated adults . They taught their children to be Strong , self-reliant and seek knowledge

“The Glass Menagerie” is a play written by Tennessee Williams. This play is so heavily influenced by Tennessee Williams that it is an autobiography. He even named one of the three main characters after his real name, Tom. The character Laura is based on his real life sister, Rose. And of course the character Amanda who is obsessed with “Southern Living”, reflects Williams’ mother, Edwina. These characters symbolize denial, as Amanda refuses to accept her daughter for who she is, Amanda constantly

Due to the spacing of these reading responses for the Glass Menagerie, the amount of content available to read and discuss is rather quite small, so there is not a lot that can be discussed. That being said, things are starting to look rather grand in the Wingfield apartment. Tom has asked a friend of his that works in the factory alongside him to come and spend an evening with him and his family. Amanda is absolutely thrilled by this announcement of a gentleman caller. She springs right away to

better life for you. A mother who isn’t motivated enough to go to a job each day. Putting each harsh and miserable day, and putting it into an endless adventure. This life belonged to Jeannette Walls and every single day of her life. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, her life is full of harsh, scary but adventurous experiences that teaches her self confidence and perseverance. Jeannette realized and dealt with the harsh lifestyle she was living in. Throughout the book home struck hard

or disfunctional families can be very hard to deal with. Sometimes you just need to keep going and not look back and by doing so a lot more opportunities may appear in life. Christy Brown in My Left Foot, Bethany Hamilton, and Jeanette Walls in The Glass Castle are all examples of people who had to deal with great hardships in order to push them to become the successful and mature people that they are today. In My Left Foot, Christy has Cerebral Palsey and to show his struggle Christy narrates, “Every

The differences between the female roles in the play, ¨The Glass Menagerie¨ by Tennessee Williams, is a significant observation. Even though Amanda and Laura are mother and daughter they are very different. They both have different mindsets, and different personalities. Amanda is a mentally strong women, and Laura is as fragile as glass. This makes you question If Amanda Wingfield, wasn't so demanding, over protecting or overpowering. Would Laura be any less fragile than she was? Or would Laura

The Secret to Jeannette’s Unusual Childhood Nearly 8.2% of all American children lived in unimaginable “deep poverty” in 2016, according to the University of California, Davis. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a profound insight into these hidden lives. The Glass Castle is a autobiographical memoir detailing the nonconformist lifestyle of the Walls family. This somewhat dysfunctional family had a number of unconventional experiences. Rex abused alcohol. They leapt out of and fell back into