LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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a gentleman caller
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a friend
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more figuries
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a high paying career
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Detailed explanation-1: -This scene also prepares us for the coming of Jim, the gentleman caller, because he was a high school friend of both Tom and Laura. With it now established that he was Laura’s high school idol, we are more prepared to accept her nervousness when he arrives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jim O’Connor: Tom’s friend from the factory, Jim unknowingly becomes Laura’s first gentleman caller when he accepts an invitation to dinner at Tom’s home. Jim was a high school superstar, excelling in everything he tried.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In The Glass Menagerie, the gentleman caller symbolizes ‘’the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for. ‘’ The gentleman caller represents in many ways a dream come true for all members of the Wingfield family, even unknowingly Laura.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why does the idea of the “gentleman caller” haunt the Wingfield apartment? perhaps providing both Amanda and her mother something to live for in their dehumanized lives.