Figure 1. The relationship of the personality structures to the levels of awareness.
D. Theoretical Framework
In this study there are two problems that are analyzed. The first problem is ―How is Laura described in the play script?‖ and the second one is ―What is the
meaning of Laura‘s dream?‖ In order to answer those questions, the writer uses psychological approach. It is because the base of the analysis will be closely
related to human psyche, human mind, and behavior. Moreover, the writer also uses some theories to answer those questions. For the first problem about the
description of Laura Wingfield character, the theories used are the theory of character and characterization. The theory of character can be used to determine
the character of Laura Wingfield in Tennessee William‘s The Glass Menagerie. The theory of characterizations is used to describe the physical and psychological
traits of Laura Wingfield. The second problem that will be discussed in this study is about the
meaning of Laura‘s dream. The writer uses psychological approach to determine what the meaning of Laura‘s dream in Tennessee Williams‘ The Glass Menagerie.
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In order to know deeper about the meaning of Laura‘s dream, the writer also uses theory of motivation to analyze it. It is because the meaning of the dream can be
seen from the motive of the character in the play script.
E. Context of the Play
This part presents a brief biography of Tennessee Williams as the author of the play The Glass Menagerie. It is important to know about the author because in
this study the writer wants to analyze one of the characters in Tennessee Williams‘ The Glass Menagerie and there must be similarities between his life
and the play.
1. The life of Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26
th
, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. He is the son of a traveling shoe salesman, Cornelius and an
Episcopal ian minister‘s daughter, Edwina. His father spent a great deal of time
away from the family and the relationship between his parents was not good since they often had arguments that frightened his sister Rose. The family spent much
of their children‘s childhood in the home of the maternal grandfather.
In 1929, Williams enrolled at the University of Missouri to study journalism. But he was soon withdrawn from the school by his father, because he
knew that his sons girlfriend was also attending the university. Williams retreated home, and at his fathers urging took a job as a sales clerk with a shoe company.
There he worked with a young man named Stanley Kowalski who would later
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