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1、TheThreefoldImagesofAmandainTheGlassMenagerieIntroductionTennesseeWilliamswasoneofthemostprominentplaywrightsinUnitedStatesaftertheWWII.ThecharactertypeofthefadedSouthernbelleisinevitablythesignaturecharactertypeofTennesseeWilliams’dramaticworks.InTheGl
2、assMenageriewhichbroughthimtothecelebrity,thecharacterofAmandaWingfieldisaclearrepresentativeofthistype.AmandaistypicallycoincidenttothegeneralfeaturesofTennesseeWilliamsfadedbelle,growinginaprominentsouthernfamily,havingreceivedatraditionalupbringing,a
3、ndhavingsufferedareversalofeconomicandsocialfortuneatsomepointinherlife.Nonetheless,whatmakesAmandaparticularlyspecialisthatthecharacterofAmandaisthecombinationofthreedifferentimagesofbeingawoman,beingawifeandbeingamother,allofwhichareinfluencedbyherexp
4、erienceofbeingsouthernbellemoreorless.Asawoman,Amandaisaninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMountain;asawife,sheisapatheticwifetemptedanddesertedbyherhusband;asamother,Amandaisaheroicbutautocraticmotherlovingherchildrendeeply.Mainana
5、lysis1.Amanda---aninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMountain.Amandawasatypicalsouthernbellewhenshewasyoung,beautifulandintelligent,beingchasedbyendlessadmirers,andattendingsocialoccasionsasifshewasinherownelement.Shecountsthiskindof
6、experienceinheryoungageanhonor,andisindulgedinhermemoriesandillusionsofthatexperience,eventhoughsheisdownandoutnow.Herpastbecometheforevertopicofherstorytelling.Thefirst4tellinginthisplayhappensinSceneOne,whenthethreefamilymembersarehavingdinnertogether
7、,Amandasays:“OneSundayafternooninBlueMountain---yourmotherreceived---seventeen!---Gentlemancallers!”(Williams428)andsheparticularlyemphasizesthatnoneofhercallersiscommonpeople:“Mycallersweregentlemen---all!Amongmycallersweresomeofthemostprominentyoungpl
8、antersofMississippiDelta---plantersandsonsofplanters!”(Williams428)However,thetruthisallofhernarrationscanonlybeillusionsnow.BasedonAmanda’sstorytellinginthewholeplay,itisallknownthatallofherpaststoriesbeganintheBlueMountainanden
