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1、TheThreefoldImagesofAmandainTheGlassMenagerieIntroductionTennesseeWilliamswasoneofthemostprominentplaywrightsinUnitedStatesaftertheWWII.ThecharactertypeofthefadedSouthernbelleisinevitablythesignaturecharactertypeofTennesseeWilliams’dramaticworks.InTheGlassMenageriewhichbr
2、oughthimtothecelebrity,thecharacterofAmandaWingfieldisaclearrepresentativeofthistype.AmandaistypicallycoincidenttothegeneralfeaturesofTennesseeWilliamsfadedbelle,growinginaprominentsouthernfamily,havingreceivedatraditionalupbringing,andhavingsufferedareversalofeconomicand
3、socialfortuneatsomepointinherlife.Nonetheless,whatmakesAmandaparticularlyspecialisthatthecharacterofAmandaisthecombinationofthreedifferentimagesofbeingawoman,beingawifeandbeingamother,allofwhichareinfluencedbyherexperienceofbeingsouthernbellemoreorless.Asawoman,Amandaisan
4、innocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMountain;asawife,sheisapatheticwifetemptedanddesertedbyherhusband;asamother,Amandaisaheroicbutautocraticmotherlovingherchildrendeeply.Mainanalysis1.Amanda---aninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMou
5、ntain.Amandawasatypicalsouthernbellewhenshewasyoung,beautifulandintelligent,beingchasedbyendlessadmirers,andattendingsocialoccasionsasifshewasinherownelement.Shecountsthiskindofexperienceinheryoungageanhonor,andisindulgedinhermemoriesandillusionsofthatexperience,eventhoug
6、hsheisdownandoutnow.Herpastbecometheforevertopicofherstorytelling.Thefirst4tellinginthisplayhappensinSceneOne,whenthethreefamilymembersarehavingdinnertogether,Amandasays:“OneSundayafternooninBlueMountain---yourmotherreceived---seventeen!---Gentlemancallers!”(Williams428)a
7、ndsheparticularlyemphasizesthatnoneofhercallersiscommonpeople:“Mycallersweregentlemen---all!AmongmycallersweresomeofthemostprominentyoungplantersofMississippiDelta---plantersandsonsofplanters!”(Williams428)However,thetruthisallofhernarrationscanonlybeillusionsnow.BasedonA
8、manda’sstorytellinginthewholeplay,itisallknownthatallofherpaststoriesbeganintheBlueMountainanden
