<Tab/>Like the British novelist Laurence Sterne wrote "No body, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing is to have a man's mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time." Such conflict by two compelling desires, obligations and influences can be seen in Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie. Tom Wingfield faces a conflict between …showed first 75 words of 651 total…

…showed last 75 words of 651 total…chooses the inevitable ending which most certainly impacted not only his family but him as well, the decision to leave and never come back, with out Tom to support the family their fate seems in danger. All these events undoubtedly illuminated the meaning of the work, Tom's actions completely modeled the flow of the play and it's characters. Just like everything depended on him, so did the outcomes/results will be affected by his actions.