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Pe suasion and Sel -Decep ion in Tennessee Williams' The Glass
Menage ie
Hussein Hdheam Hbean
Al-Mu hanna Di ec o a e o Educa ion, Minis y o Educa ion, Al-Mu hanna, I aq.
1. In oduc ion
The Glass Menage ie was w i en by he Ame ican
d ama is Thomas Lanie Williams, whose s age
name was Tennessee Williams (1911–1983). Mos
o he ac ion in he play akes place du ing he
G ea Dep ession ha hi he Uni ed S a es in he
1930s. The Uni ed S a es, along wi h he es o
he globe, was on he b ink o Wo ld Wa II
(1939–1945), a con lic ha had de as a ed
na ions e e ywhe e and le hem sca ed and
b u al.Du ing his ime, Williams was also dealing
wi h his own pe sonal s uggles, s emming om
he eali y ha he endu ed a mise able exis ence
ha inspi ed many o his plays. A c uel wande ing
salespe son was his a he , and a be ea ed widow
was his mo he . He came in o his wo ld in he
Ame ican ci y o Columbus, Ohio, which happens
o be bo h he capi al and bigges ci y in he s a e.
Rose, his elde sis e , was in he mids o a men al
b eakdown ha mani es ed i sel in a s ing o
psycho ic a acks ha landed he in he hospi al.
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Mode n Ame ican d ama, decei ,
unning away, b oken hopes
A B S T R A C T
"The Glass Menage ie" by Tennessee Willaims is a d ama ic po ayal o he ha sh
eali ies o mode n li e. The d ama depic s he mone a y ha dships and social changes
ha occu ed in he yea s a e he G ea Dep ession ended. Addi ionally, he play
explo es he a e e ec s o WWII by looking a he s esses and wo ies ha
cha ac e ized ha e a. The d ama ollows a sou he n amily as hey despe a ely y o
escape eali y once hei an asies a e c ushed. Williams' de use o symbols gi es he
wo k dep h and allows o many eadings. Williams makes use o he glass menage ie
o symbolize he b oken li es o Amanda, Lau a, and Tom Wing ield, and hei inabili y
o unc ion in he mode n wo ld. The amily's o e whelming wan o hold on o hei
pas and conque hei d ead o being alone a e symbolized by he glass
menage ie.They wan o ge away om he impo e ished neighbo hood whe e hey
li e so badly ha hey engage in decei ul an asies and an asies abou hemsel es.So
Williams makes an a emp in his play o con ince people o ee hemsel es om
hei own sel -decep ion by e u ning o spi i ual p inciples. He hopes ha his would
allow hem o acqui e pleasu e and sa is ac ion in hei li es, bu he cha ac e s in he
play a e unable o accomplish his goal.
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Fo se e al o his emale cha ac e s, Williams
looked o Rose o inspi a ion. One such cha ac e
is Lau a, "whose inne beau y is oo delica e o be
disclosed o he wo ld." Many addi ional emale
cha ac e s in Williams' wo ks may be aced back
o Rose (Bigsby,1997).
The playw igh o his play e e s o i as
"memo y" and i was w i en in 1944. I is
ega ded o be Williams's i s signi ican
iumph.The play has ou cha ac e s ha a e
included in he se en scenes ha make up his
wo k.Ruby Cohn (1922-2011) and Be na d F.
Duko e (1932-?) a e wo academics who ha e
poin ed ou ha he play is, o ce ain deg ees, an
au obiog aphy. This is because he play is la gely a
na a i e o he playw igh 's p e ious unique li e:
The pe sonal na u e o he piece adds o i s allu e.
Williams has done some hing qui e unusual—he
has gi en he na a o his own i s name—and
he pe sonali ies a e based on he membe s o his
amily. Jus like ac ual Tom, he spen six y- i e
dolla s a mon h wo king in a shoe manu ac u ing
he s o age acili y published poe y, and escaped
eali y by going o he cinema. His a he was a
a eling salespe son, bu he wasn' "a
elephoneman who ell in lo e wi h long
dis ances" o lea e his amily. His mom sha ed
Amanda's sou he n belle backg ound and e en
s ole his own edi ion o Lady Cha e ley's Lo e by
D.H. Law ence. Like Lau a, his sis e Rose was
quie and ese ed; she, oo, had a bad ime a
sec e a ial school and had an ex ensi e collec ion
o glass igu ines.
As well as con as ing he pas wi h he
p esen , he d ama depic s he s uggle be ween
an asy and u h o he daily ac i i ies o Tom
Wing ield, his mo he Amanda, and his sis e
Lau a which a e he ocal poin s o his memo y
play, ha is old h ough na a ion as well as
pa ially eplayed by Tom Wing ield. The
ex ended amily s uggles o cope wi h he
di icul ies o day- o-day li ing in S . Louis du ing
he 1930s, no ably Amanda's an ic e o s o ind
a sui able pa ne o Lau a, who is ex emely
imid as well as physically challenged. The Glass
Menage ie is a play ha akes place in he yea s
ollowing he inancial c isis o 1929 and is a
e lec ion o he many sociological and economic
shi s ha occu ed du ing ha ime pe iod. In
addi ion o examining he e ec s o WWII, he
d ama goes in o he e a's anxie ies and
unce ain y) Aldalabeeh ,2016)
E e y day, we ace challenges in li e, and i 's
possible ha hings won' always go acco ding o
plan o be as exci ing as we'd wan . While
nume ous indi iduals ace hese challenges head-
on, some choose o disengage om he wo ld as i
is and ins ead build an idealized e sion o i in
hei minds. As he play "The Glass Menage ie"
p og esses, i becomes clea ha he cha ac e s o
Wing ield wi hd aw in o hei own imagina ions
o a oid acing ac uali y (Cas elli o,2010).
The play del es in o he phony ha ens ha
expe s o lying and decep ion seek o escape he
pain ul eali ies hey' e imp isoned in and he
anguish hey endu e as a consequence o hei
decei ulness in mode n and cu en Ame ican
hea e . Decei on ou on s— amilial, poli ical,
a is ic, and economic—pe mea es he whole
Ame ican d ama ic canon o he con empo a y
e a. E en hough hose who a e mas e s o
decep ion u ilize a ious s yles o dishones y, i
appea s ha hey all subconsciously ely on sel -
decep ion o p e ense as a way o cope
psychologically (Bhawa ,2020).
The play cen e s on he cha ac e s c ea ed by
Williams and hei igh o be acknowledged and
accep ed by hose a ound hem. Depending on
hei mo i a ion and esou ces, his cha ac e s'
s uggles will ake di e en shapes and mani es
in di e en ways. Fo ins ance, in The Glass
Menage ie, we come upon Tom, who is a pa o
he Wing ield amily, is an example o someone
who can ope a e in he eal wo ld; he has a job
and alks o andom people. Tom escapes in o his
imagina ion when he has o deal wi h he
mono ony o his wo k in a ac o y and he mise y
o going home o a mom who doesn' ca e abou
him o his wan s. His li elong goals include being
an acclaimed poe and en e ing he me chan
ma ines. Tom goes o he cinema and ge s d unk
nea ly e e y day o escape his p esen
ci cums ances. He con ides in his iend Jim ha
he eels he o he mo iegoe s a e ading in hei
ac ual li es o he an as ical ones hey see on
ele ision, and ha hey a e seeking happiness ia
delusion a he han eali y(Ca dullo,2007).
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Tom en e ains Lau a a e one ineb ia ed
nigh by elling he s o y o he magical
pe o mance when he pe o me escaped om a
locked omb. Somehow, Tom may eel apped by
his li e in he ac o y and wi h he membe s o his
amily. Since he p o ides o his amily, Tom may
eel emo ionally and loyally ied o his mo he and
sis e , which migh make him eel apped in his
li e. Ul ima ely, he de e mines o depa his amily
and home own o wha he pe cei es as a genuine
"escape," as he lacks any mo e d i e han Lau a o
pu sue ca ee success, lo e connec ions, o e en
casual acquain ances. I doesn' ma e how a
Tom goes om home; his hough s will always
e u n o his mo he and sis e . He po ays
himsel as an ad en u ous and c ea i e young guy,
bu deep down he is a esen ul and u ious son
who blames himsel o his a he 's abandonmen
o he amily. The eali y is ha he is eage o
lea e his sis e and mo he behind in he same
manne , and he eally does i (Co igan,1997).
As Williams imme ses us in he daily
ac i i ies o his indi iduals including he
Wing ields, he unco e s u he illusions and
demons a es how hey espond o and exploi
hem. Amanda, Tom's mom, holds on o a ew
illusions so she may escape he eali y o he
amily's cu en and likely u u e si ua ion. She
holds dea he memo ies o ha ing "was p esen ed
wi h se en een gen lemen calle s" on a Sunday
a e noon—any one o whom she could ha e
ma ied—and is ce ain ha he you h ul
cha isma om he days in he Blue Moun ains is
s ill wi h he . Tha he o sp ing a e " ied o be
success ul" because hey a e "jus ull o di ine
gi s" is he belie . Tom is ac ually con empla ing
becoming a me chan sailo despi e his deep-
sea ed desi e o pu sue a ca ee in li e a u e; he is
also on he e ge o losing his job a he ac o y.
Tom's nanny, Lau a, has a se e e case o shyness,
is c ippled wi h lameness, and appea s o ca e
p ima ily abou he possessions o glass animals
and in age phonog aph eco ds. So eminiscen
o Amanda's holding belie ha Lau a may be
happy and p ospe ous i she only lea ns how o
ype and goes o business school(Mai i,2018).
As a iewe , i 's nea ly exc ucia ing o see
Amanda pe suade he sel ha he young man Tom
in i ed o dinne ,( Jim O'Conno ) a gen lemen
calle , is an excep ional sui o o Lau a. She
hinks she can win o e Lau a's gen leman calle
and win his hea by making he look lo ely and
appealing, epu posing an old cos ume o pu on
he sel , polishing he h ee pieces o wedding
sil e ha a e s ill in he possession, eco e ing
he u ni u e, pu chasing a new lamp, and ac ing
ou he pa o a cha ming, young Sou he n
ma on. The u h is ha Jim O'Conno is jus a
egula guy whose glo y days in high school a e
beginning o ade om memo y. He isn'
enamo ed wi h Lau a as a sui o , bu mo e as a
b o he who eels bad o his sis e . Plus, Jim's
engagemen sha e s Amanda's delusion he
momen he makes he announcemen (Mai i,2018).
Jim O'Conno , like Amanda, has delusions; in
his case, he becomes an image o Lau a's
edemp ion. In o de o ha e ai h in a p ospe ous
and joy ul u u e, he has made hem. Jim knows he
has allen sho o his high school classma es'
expec a ions, bu he is de e mined o make up o
i . A ending a cou se on speaking in public o
imp o e his "social poise" has gi en him he
con idence o pu sue an execu i e ole, despi e his
lack o expe ience in he ield. Addi ionally, he
hinks ha i he en olls in a adio echnical
p og am, he may "ge in on he g ound loo " o
he ele ision sec o and quickly climb he
co po a e ladde . Jim is able o conju e up his
illusions because o his bouncy sel -con idence,
inna e genuineness, and childish insensi i i y o
many o he hings happening a ound him. While
his many blanke s a emen s abou li e, himsel ,
and o he s se e o shield him om ha m, hey
may p o e o be inadequa e in he long
un(Single,1999).
E en i hey a e dange ous, illusions o e a
e uge om he ha sh eali ies o li e, as
Tennessee Williams demons a es. The eadiness
o acknowledge and main ain he delica e and
beau i ul aspec s o li e may ha e o be sac i iced i
we, like Tom, since ely wan o ge ou o he
shel e and know hese eali ies o su e. Williams
a gues ha he idea ha we and e e yone else
mus o e e say "good-bye" o all ha Lau a
symbolizes is a delusion, a agic ic ion, e en i
his sac i ice may ouble us jus as much as i
does Tom(Williams,1959).
Despi e he ese ed na u e, Lau a also
belie es in he own delusions. Acco ding o he ,
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when she was a high schoole , e e yone would
s a e a he leg b aces as she "clumped" he way
o he las sea o he hea e o a oid being la e
o cho us ehea sal. She ells Jim ha he
clumping sounded like hunde o he as she
explains he pained sel -consciousness. Jim "ne e
e en no iced," o cou se. Lau a is ob iously
p omo ing he sel when she ells Jim abou he
a o i e glass animal, a unico n. She builds he
illusion by claiming ha unico ns a e kind o
ho nless ho ses, lo e he ligh , and may eel lonely
since hey a e di e en om o he animals, bu
hey don' moan o whine abou i . Addi ionally,
she men ions ha he glass c ea u es would
a he go o he mo ies o Jewel-box, "whe e hey
aise he opical lowe s," han a end he
business college lessons. In o de o make he
unico n eel less s ange, Lau a plans o assume
ha i had a "ope a ion" when i alls om he
able and loses i s ho n. Simila ly, Lau a seems o
eel less " eakish" du ing he b ie encoun e s
wi h Jim, when hey con e se, dance, and
kiss(Veliaj.2015).
Lau a had conju ed up he idea ha Jim wed
Emily Meisenbach o jus i y his inaccessibili y.
A e inding ou he didn' , Lau a keeps hoping Jim
will gi e he ano he call o ask he ou on a da e.
Bu when Jim says he's in lo e wi h a lady named
Be y and ha hey' e going s eady, he lee ing
hope is dashed) Veliaj,2015(.
Lau a seemed o ha e emb aced he sel and
he oppo uni ies li e has gi en he , despi e he
delusions. She e uses o p e end o ejec he
eali y o he si ua ion, unlike Amanda. While Jim
imagines a b igh and p ospe ous u u e o
himsel , she ails o isualize he same o he sel .
In con as o Tom, she is con en wi h he s a us
quo. Lau a, like he c ea u es in he agile glass
menage ie, is s ill e y much ali e and p one o
ha m. She has a ce ain b i leness and agili y,
like glass, and is jus as likely o b eak i no
handled wi h ca e; ye , she is as beau i ul and has
an in e io ligh ha a ies in hue( Roge ,1992).
Wha " u h" does Tim Wing ield claim o
un eil in his opening s a emen , gi en how plainly
deluded bo h he d ama and i s p o agonis s a e?
How does The Glass Menage ie ela e o
Tennessee William's heme? Illusions a e decei ul
misunde s andings o eali y ha seem like hings
we should do ou bes o s ay away om, bu in
eali y, no one can e e uly escape hem.
Williams makes i qui e ob ious ha he
cha ac e s' a ied delusions help hem deal wi h
eali y(T i e s,2011).
Rega dless ma e how nai e and un ealis ic
hei belie s may appea , he cha ac e s would
endu e ha dship and maybe e en b eakage i hey
did no hold on o hem. A e alling well sho o
he expec a ions placed on he , Amanda would be
comple ely desponden and hopeless i she didn'
engage in dishones y and alsehoods. Because
Lau a had no sense o belonging and could no
app ecia e he delica e g ace o e e yday objec s,
she would e en ually wil and die. Because he had
no possibili y o expe iencing change o
ad en u e, Tom would no lee. Wi hou a doub ,
delusions a e powe ul en i ies (Adle ,1995).
Much o Amanda's eali y is based on he
made-up his o y. E en i hose ecollec ions o he
you h ha e been embellished wi h g ea de ail,
hey s ill ail o con on he u h o he
be ea emen o a husband and wo child en.
Amanda denies wha e e she inds unaccep able
as she ies o li e ou he pas ia Lau a. She
wan s social and inancial success and is pa ial o
eal-wo ld ideals, unlike he child en, ye she can'
see many eali ies because o he connec ion o
hese alues. She e uses o belie e ha she
should no longe be he spoiled b a she once was,
ha Lau a is s ange, ha Tom will ne e be he
success ul businessman she d eams o , o ha she
may sha e some o he child en's pain and
sho comings (Tennessee,1945).
Amanda's de achmen om eali y, a he
han a pu pose ul c ea i e endea o , makes he
descen in o delusion all he mo e pi i ul han he
child en's. A e lea ning ha Lau a was oo imid
o e en go o class, Amanda pu s all he eggs in he
ma i al baske ins ead o hoping ha Lau a would
inish business school and ha e a success ul
ca ee . I appea s like he e's no way ou when
ha plan also bombs. I would appea ha a li e o
anxie y, inancial ins abili y, and dependence is
una oidable. Since con on ing eali y is oo
di icul o Amanda, she e ea s in o he
idealized e sion o he Sou h om he you h, a
wo ld o illusions. Amanda will no unde s and
ha Lau a is di e en om o he emales, no
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ma e how much Tom ies o make he see i .
Ins ead, she wishes wi hou hope ha e e y hing
wo ks ou he way she imagines i would. Amanda
ob iously doesn' ca e ha Tom is sad and Lau a
is pain ully bash ul(Tennessee,1945).
Williams, howe e , does no claim ha
illusions a e p e e able o g ea e han eali y.
Ha ing knowledge o he ob ious u h abou an
indi idual o hing can a imes be in ole able, and
he same is ue o an asies; bo h can cause
mise y and su e ing. Tom is in mise y om
Amanda's. O all he illusions in he play, he one
ha causes Tom o say "good-bye" o Lau a is he
mos hea b eaking o Amanda, ye she inds hem
bo h agonizing. She b ings up pain ul memo ies o
Tom's delusional backg ound, which s un ed his
de elopmen by making him blind o eali y. His
g ow h and cla i y o ision depended on his
depa u e(K asne ,2006).
E en mo e so, when Tim adds, "Nowadays
he wo ld is li by ligh ning," he implies ha we
can' pe cei e he wo ld ia Lau a's gen le, so ly
licke ing candleligh , bu a he h ough he
elec ic, dynamic ligh ing o a powe highe han
ou sel es. Ligh ning is a ep esen a ion o an
uns oppable o ce ha may ex inguish any candle
lame. Tom pe cei es a wo ld ha is oo busy and
unsympa he ic o include any hing ha is ligh -
emi ing, pas el-colo ed, o nos algically-sounding,
o e en his imid, c ippled sis e . Bu his
illusion— his belie —belongs o Tom and o he
en i e uni e se. Jus he ac ha he play exis s
p o es ha i is an illusion(K asne ,2006).
Tom a gues, wi h some alidi y, ha
e e yone uses some deg ee o sel -decep ion a
some poin . While his may ha e some me i , i
migh also be an a emp a sel -decep ion on his
pa . I Amanda's own nos algia o he pas and
he con ic ion ha she was "some hing" a one
poin in ime a e o be belie ed, Tom would use
hem as a c u ch o dis ac he sel om he
mise y o he p esen . Meanwhile, Lau a's
penchan o spending ime a he zoo and wi h
he glass igu ines may be in e p e ed as he own
s a egy o ad ancing he sel -decep ion. Tom is
no excused since his escape an asies, mo ie
ma a hons, and inal decision o abandon his
amily in pu sui o an una ainable "happiness" all
s em om his own decei . Ul ima ely, decei is
necessa y o he su i al o e e y single membe
o he O'Conno amily, e en Jim O'Conno
(Bhawa ,2020).
Each cha ac e 's sel -decep ion is he oo
cause o hei incapaci y o unc ion ou side o
hei c ea ed eali y. A he conclusion o he play,
i is s ill unclea how each Wing ield will u n ou .
Tom oams he coun yside aimlessly, Lau a
canno escape he glass-enclosed bubble, and
Amanda lea ns ha she has ailed mise ably in he
a emp s o help he wo adul child en es ablish
heal hy ela ionships wi h o he s and he ou side
wo ld .The " u h" (i he e is one) is ha people
indulge in sel -decep ion as a means o escaping
he mise y o being human(Bhawa ,2020).
2. Conclusion
The play's se ious and di icul one is bo ne ou
by he ac ha i s p o agonis s a e led w ong and
endu e immense anguish and mise y; also, he
cha ac e s lack ee choice due o hei inabili y o
cope wi h hei social con ex . Due o M .
Wing ield's long-ago abandonmen , he en i e
amily has become de ea is . Tom ollows in his
a he 's oo s eps by lea ing he amily o wha he
belie es would be bes o himsel , much like his
a he did. Almos no hing can he do. He pays his
dues o become a membe o he Me chan
Seaman's Union a he han he ligh bill, as is his
legal obliga ion. Lau a is pa alyzed and
emo ionally dis an . Because he amily is poo ,
Amanda has no choice bu o sell women's
unde wea and magazine subsc ip ions o make
ends mee .
The play's mood is se in s one by he in e play o
social, physical, and psychological o ces; hese
o ces push he cha ac e s o ail no ma e how
ha d hey y o i in wi h socie y and iumph
o e li e's challenges. The mo e hey wan o
escape hei p oblems, he mo e di e hei
condi ion ge s.None o he h ee p o agonis s
we e able o ge ou o hei amily's jail in he end.
They el le down and us a ed because hey
couldn' li e li e acco ding o hei own e ms and
we e cu o om he es o he wo ld. Using
illusion and ic i ious ge aways becomes a
handicap ega dless o how lawed o d ea y li e
appea s.
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