Amanda Wingfield is domineering and nostalgic

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fictional character theatrical character

Amanda Wingfield is a central character in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie," portrayed as an overbearing yet wistfully sentimental Southern mother clinging to memories of her genteel past.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsIn The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ
background Southern ⓘ
characterTrait anxious ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
domineering ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ
overbearing ⓘ
sentimental ⓘ
socially pretentious ⓘ
talkative ⓘ
creator Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticFunction foil to Laura Wingfield ⓘ
foil to Tom Wingfield ⓘ
source of domestic tension ⓘ
economicStatus struggling lower-middle class ⓘ
emotionalState disappointed with her life ⓘ
fearful of abandonment ⓘ
familyRole Laura Wingfield's mother ⓘ
Tom Wingfield's mother ⓘ
mother ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1944 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
motivation to avoid poverty ⓘ
to maintain family respectability ⓘ
to secure a gentleman caller for Laura ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
occupation telephone subscription salesperson ⓘ
parentalStyle authoritarian ⓘ
pastIdentity Southern belle ⓘ
recurringAction criticizes Tom's habits ⓘ
pressures Laura about gentleman callers ⓘ
reminisces about her youth in Blue Mountain ⓘ
relationshipToLaura overprotective GENERATED ⓘ
relationshipToTom conflictual GENERATED ⓘ
residenceInFiction Wingfield apartment in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork central character in The Glass Menagerie ⓘ
setting St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Mr. Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolicFunction embodiment of clinging to the past ⓘ
representation of the decaying Old South ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
value appearances ⓘ
social propriety ⓘ
traditional gender roles ⓘ

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The Glass Menagerie (stage) → characterTrait → Amanda Wingfield is domineering and nostalgic ⓘ
subject surface form: The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie (stage) → mainCharacter → Amanda Wingfield is domineering and nostalgic ⓘ
subject surface form: The Glass Menagerie
this entity surface form: Amanda Wingfield