The Glass Menagerie | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Blue Roses - This is a nickname given to one of the characters because of a disease that she had. The disease sounded like the nickname.

Jim O'Connor - This character works at the warehouse. He goes to night school for public speaking and radio engineering. He had a role in the Pirates of Penzance.

Amanda Wingfield - This character has difficulty facing reality and frequently fantasizes about the past. She often tells stories from her youth and is very controlling of the people around her.

Laura Wingfield - Extremely shy, wears a...
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