The Glass Menagerie - Escape
English
Grade 8
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~18 mins
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This worksheet explores themes of escape in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, focusing on error correction and analysis skills for Grade 8 students.
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The Glass Menagerie - Escape
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Grade Grade 8
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Scene Summary and Context Guide
In Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, the characters are trapped by their circumstances and dreams. Amanda Wingfield longs to recapture her youth and social status, while her son Tom seeks to escape the suffocating confines of his life to find freedom through adventure or escape from responsibility. Laura, the daughter, is emotionally fragile and retreats into her collection of glass animals, symbolizing her desire for an ideal escape from her limitations. A pivotal scene involves Tom's monologue expressing his inner conflict about responsibility versus longing for adventure. The phrase 'escape into dreams' captures this central theme, as characters grapple with their aspirations versus reality. Williams uses symbolism like the glass unicorn to represent Laura's fragile world and her longing for a different life. The play examines how characters' pursuits of escape shape their destinies and highlight universal human desires for freedom and fulfillment.
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Error Correction and Analysis
Identify the literary technique used in the following quote and explain its significance to the theme of escape.
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What literary technique is exemplified by the phrase ‘escape into dreams’?
[2 marks]2.
Explain how this metaphor relates to the characters' desires in the play.
[4 marks]3.
Identify another symbol in the play that represents the desire to escape.
[2 marks]4.
Describe how Williams uses symbolism to deepen the theme of escape.
[4 marks]5.
What is Tom’s main internal conflict relating to escape?
[2 marks]6.
How does Laura’s collection of glass animals symbolize her desire for escape?
[2 marks]7.
Identify one scene where a character attempts to escape their circumstances and describe it.
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Discuss the role of symbolism in reinforcing the theme of escape in the play.
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Select one quote from the play that illustrates a character’s longing to escape and explain its meaning.
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- 12/31/2025
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- 12/31/2025
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