Who is the antagonist in the glass menagerie

Prepare a Power Point presentation on Tennessee Williams’ play “The Glass Menagerie”.

The presentation should analyze and breakdown of the play/script, using Aristotle’s terms and concepts (plot, characters, thought, dialogue/language, music and spectacle). It should also utilize notes from Lecture #2 – “What’s in a Play?” as guidelines to your analysis, and presentation. What is the main thought/theme? What do the main characters want? Who is the protagonist? The Antagonist? What is the major Conflict? Identify the Climax of the play…the “dramatic irony”, etc.

Presentation should be between 15-20 slides including title and reference slide.
Include at least 3 APA formatted references.
Presentation should be aesthetically pleasing with proper grammar and punctuation. It should also include pictures and diagrams with a credit as to where the image was retrieved from and the web address if applicable.
Transitions and sound are not necessary.

Terms and Supporting Information:

Lecture #2

WHAT’S IN A PLAY?

Playwrights write plays and create plays out of everyday experiences. These experiences are frightening, challenging, upsetting, perplexing, troublesome, and inevitably must lead to drama. Drama = action + conflict. A play (film, tv drama, or sit-com) must have action. It must have conflict.
What is dramatic? i.e. A police chase of a criminal with stolen goods. The Central character struggles to achieve a goal. The goal requires some effort; but there are obstacles. The chief obstacle is usually another character.
Characters. As you know…a play must have characters (Aristotle “Poetics”). The main characters can be identified as the Protagonist or the Antagonist.
Conflict. A play must have conflict. There are three types of Conflict:
Dramatic Struggle – usually not just one struggle, but several struggles. The plot building.
Beginning, Middle and End – A play is a story; and, every story must have a beginning, middle and end.
The Point of Attack – “the point of attack” is where the plot starts. Not always at the beginning of the play.
The Inciting Incident – upsets the balance. The point at which the fun and excitement of the play really begins. Might also be identified as the “rising action” of the play.
Reversal – also called Dramatic Irony – outcome is directly opposite of what the protagonist (or other character’s) are expecting. The plot twists and goes in a different direction. (When Oedipus realizes who he really is)