The poetics of memory in Tennessee William's the Glass Menagerie \

Abstract EN

Memory is a recurrent motif in the plays of Tennessee Williams.

Williams uses memory in almost all of his plays.

Hence, the aim of this research is to make an analysis of memory in The Glass Menagerie, which is an exemplary study of this motif.

All characters are introduced through memory.

They feel themselves haunted with the shackles of memory, which casts a shadow on their present situation.

In using memory as a means to escape from reality, Williams generates the impression that his human archetypes live under unfavourable conditions whether they are social, political, or economic.