The Glass Menagerie I found the character of the mother Amanda Wingfield really quite annoying to listen to after a few moments of hearing her. It brought back many memories of my ex-husband’s mother. She was just as much a nag as Amanda. A person could never sit down at the dinner table without her yelling at someone to get his or her elbows off the table, or chew with one’s mouth close. …showed first 75 words of 384 total…

…showed last 75 words of 384 total…she wanted to keep him under her shirttails, and she hated him going to the movies; she thought he was lying to her, saying, “ Nobody goes to the movies night after night, No body in their right minds goes to the movies as often as you pre- tend to,” Which would implies, “I do not believe you.” Amanda is a very pushy and demanding woman, and I could not live with a person like Amanda.