Humanities Homework Help

Before beginning this assignment, read Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and Thornton Wilder’s The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden.

Prompt: Choose ONE PLAY to discuss. Then, choose ONE CHARACTER to discuss. In one or two well-developed paragraphs, analyze a character, explaining the person’s actions, conflicts, and motivations. Include examples and at least one quotation from the play as supporting evidence.

Resource: Refresher on Character
A reader or viewer of a play can learn about a character in a number of ways. Here are some questions to think about before drafting your response:

• Dialogue/monologue – How do the words the character says reveal information about who he/she is? Does the character have a noticeable speech pattern? Does the character’s use of language reveal his/her emotional state? What is revealed through what others say about the character?
• Action – What is shown through the character’s actions or lack of action?
• Stage directions/movement/props – What is revealed through the character’s placement on the stage, movements, and use of props?
• Relationships/interactions – What is understood about the character through relationships and interactions with other characters?
• Development – Does the character grow and change during the play, or is the character static and unchanged? How developed or round is the character?
• Role – Is this character the narrator? If so, is he/she reliable or unreliable?

Tips: Remember to provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the play. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to APA rules of style, including in-text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document.

Example APA Reference
Williams, T. (1945). The glass menagerie. Cengage: Gale College Collection. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GCCO&u=gale_9827877&id=GALE|TMWDGZ498086686&v=2.1&it=r&sPage=7936105&sid=mindtap-embedView&asid=1f889cb9