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1、TheThreefoldImagesofAmandainTheGlassMenagerieIntroductionTennesseeWilliamswasoneofthemostprominentplaywrightsinUnitedStatesaftertheWWII.ThecharactertypeofthefadedSouthernbelleisinevitablythesignaturecharactertypeofTennesseeWilliams’dramaticworks.InTheGlassMenageriewhichbroughthimtothecele
2、brity,thecharacterofAmandaWingfieldisaclearrepresentativeofthistype.AmandaistypicallycoincidenttothegeneralfeaturesofTennesseeWilliamsfadedbelle,growinginaprominentsouthernfamily,havingreceivedatraditionalupbringing,andhavingsufferedareversalofeconomicandsocialfortuneatsomepointinherlife.
3、Nonetheless,whatmakesAmandaparticularlyspecialisthatthecharacterofAmandaisthecombinationofthreedifferentimagesofbeingawoman,beingawifeandbeingamother,allofwhichareinfluencedbyherexperienceofbeingsouthernbellemoreorless.Asawoman,Amandaisaninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsofthe
4、BlueMountain;asawife,sheisapatheticwifetemptedanddesertedbyherhusband;asamother,Amandaisaheroicbutautocraticmotherlovingherchildrendeeply.Mainanalysis1.Amanda---aninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMountain.Amandawasatypicalsouthernbellewhenshewasyoung,beautifulandinte
5、lligent,beingchasedbyendlessadmirers,andattendingsocialoccasionsasifshewasinherownelement.Shecountsthiskindofexperienceinheryoungageanhonor,andisindulgedinhermemoriesandillusionsofthatexperience,eventhoughsheisdownandoutnow.Herpastbecometheforevertopicofherstorytelling.Thefirst4tellingint
6、hisplayhappensinSceneOne,whenthethreefamilymembersarehavingdinnertogether,Amandasays:“OneSundayafternooninBlueMountain---yourmotherreceived---seventeen!---Gentlemancallers!”(Williams428)andsheparticularlyemphasizesthatnoneofhercallersiscommonpeople:“Mycallersweregentlemen---all!Amongmycal
7、lersweresomeofthemostprominentyoungplantersofMississippiDelta---plantersandsonsofplanters!”(Williams428)However,thetruthisallofhernarrationscanonlybeillusionsnow.BasedonAmanda’sstorytellinginthewholeplay,itisallknownthatallofherpaststoriesbeganintheBlueMountainanden
