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Brecht's influence on the glass menagerie

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Tom's address also suggests the bias present in the portrayal of events that have already taken place, as everything the audience sees will be filtered through Tom's memory and subject to his subconscious distortions. The existence of a character who both narrates and participates in the play is relatively unique, and this dual role creates certain difficulties for the spectator in characterizing Tom...
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As a narrator who recalls the actions of each character from the future, Tom has already acquired an emotional distance from the action. However, as a character Tom is emotionally and physically engaged in the action. Thus, Tom first appears as an objective narrator who earns the audience's trust, but within minutes, he transforms into an irritable young man involved in a trivial argument with his mother concerning how he chews his food (Part 1, Scene 1, 325)...
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