the glass menagerie

In class we watched a play... this play was called the Glass Menagerie. i did not understand this one bit. it was one of those things where someone was going to have to sit me down and write it out for me detail by detail because as hard as i tried i just could not understand most of this play. not only did we watch the play but we also read it in our books. i think the number one thing i couldnt stand about this play was the mother. first of all her voice was petrifying. she was way to sensitive. she tried to control everything and everyone. and she was so stubborn and just irritating. but her voice was the most irritating thing possible. i felt bad for laura, because if she was living out on her own and surrounded herself with other people then maybe she wouldnt have been so awkward and she could have made something of herself. but she relies on her mother and her brother so much that she is used to it now. maybe if the play was re done, in a newer time period and newer characters, then i could understand it a little bit better