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1、TheThreefoldImagesofAmandainTheGlassMenagerieIntroductionTennesseeWilliamswasoneofthemostprominentplaywrightsinUnitedStatesaftertheWWII.ThecharactertypeofthefadedSouthernbelleisinevitablythesignaturecharactertypeofTennesseeWilliams’dramaticworks.InTheGlassMenageriewhichbroughthimtoth
2、ecelebrity,thecharacterofAmandaWingfieldisaclearrepresentativeofthistype.AmandaistypicallycoincidenttothegeneralfeaturesofTennesseeWilliamsfadedbelle,growinginaprominentsouthernfamily,havingreceivedatraditionalupbringing,andhavingsufferedareversalofeconomicandsocialfortuneatsomepoint
3、inherlife.Nonetheless,whatmakesAmandaparticularlyspecialisthatthecharacterofAmandaisthecombinationofthreedifferentimagesofbeingawoman,beingawifeandbeingamother,allofwhichareinfluencedbyherexperienceofbeingsouthernbellemoreorless.Asawoman,Amandaisaninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedi
4、nillusionsoftheBlueMountain;asawife,sheisapatheticwifetemptedanddesertedbyherhusband;asamother,Amandaisaheroicbutautocraticmotherlovingherchildrendeeply.Mainanalysis1.Amanda---aninnocent,fadedsouthernbelleindulgedinillusionsoftheBlueMountain.Amandawasatypicalsouthernbellewhenshewasyo
5、ung,beautifulandintelligent,beingchasedbyendlessadmirers,andattendingsocialoccasionsasifshewasinherownelement.Shecountsthiskindofexperienceinheryoungageanhonor,andisindulgedinhermemoriesandillusionsofthatexperience,eventhoughsheisdownandoutnow.Herpastbecometheforevertopicofherstoryte
6、lling.Thefirst4tellinginthisplayhappensinSceneOne,whenthethreefamilymembersarehavingdinnertogether,Amandasays:“OneSundayafternooninBlueMountain---yourmotherreceived---seventeen!---Gentlemancallers!”(Williams428)andsheparticularlyemphasizesthatnoneofhercallersiscommonpeople:“Mycallers
7、weregentlemen---all!AmongmycallersweresomeofthemostprominentyoungplantersofMississippiDelta---plantersandsonsofplanters!”(Williams428)However,thetruthisallofhernarrationscanonlybeillusionsnow.BasedonAmanda’sstorytellinginthewholeplay,itisallknownthatallofherpaststoriesbeganintheBlueM
8、ountainanden
