LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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from work
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from the movies
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from college
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from a mutual friend
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tennessee Williams’s stage directions describe Jim as “a nice, ordinary, young man.” Jim works with Tom at the warehouse. He and Tom were acquaintances in high school, where Jim was the hero: sports star, lead in the theater productions, class president, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -But Tom explains that Jim was his only friend at the warehouse because Tom was valuable to Jim’s ego as a person who could remember his greatness in high school. The scene then opens on Amanda and Laura as they are preparing for the arrival of the gentleman caller.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tom insists that he had no idea that Jim was engaged and that he does not know much about anyone at the warehouse.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tom refers to Jim as a plain person, someone over whom there is no need to make a fuss. He earns only slightly more than does Tom and can in no way be compared to the magnificent gentlemen callers that Amanda used to have. Jim’s plainness is seen in his every action.
Detailed explanation-5: -An old high school acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a popular athlete and actor during his days at Soldan High School. Subsequent years have been less kind to Jim; by the time of the play’s action, he is working as a shipping clerk at the same shoe warehouse as Tom.