Meaning of the Work as a Whole

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Meaning of the Work as a Whole

Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie TOM: Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve.

Tennessee Williams TOM: Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion the “meaning of the work as a whole” the plot, the story the setting the characters & the narrator the symbols.... artistically pleasing

Meaning of the Work as a Whole

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