In What Ways Do You Think That The Dreams Of The Characters Are :: English Literature

In What Ways Do You Think That The Dreams Of The Characters AreDifferent From Reality And To What Extent Will They Be Fulfilled?The American Dream can be defined as the idea that America is the landof opportunity for everyone who is willing to work hard and persevere.It was seen as the land of freedom where everyone has a chance ofpursuit of happiness. The USA was seen as a place of equalopportunities for anyone, one of the reasons being that there was no descriptor system like there were in Britain. Dramatic irony links in withthis idea of the Wingfield family living in the middle of the AmericanDream. It involves us in the play but as it is a memory play, dramaticirony does not make us feel part of it. It reminds us that we are onthe outside looking in and also that we live in a different timeperiod than the one in which the play is set. We, as the audience havea great deal of insight into the play, and therefore we know thatthere is no real truth in the American Dream. It is just a mythbecause the play is set in the 1930s, which was the period of theGreat Depression. The American economy had collapsed due to the W every(prenominal)Street Crash, so it would have been virtually unworkable for theAmerican Dream to work for someone like Jim.Jim is Tennessee Williams central focus point of all the charactersdreams as he is the long delayed but evermore expected something thatthe Wingfield family have been waiting for. He is the most significantcharacter in the play who can be related to the American Dream. In the exact version, Jim is portrayed as an ordinary man, which isdisappointing for us as we find it impossible to believe that he issuch a central character and that all the dreams of the Wingfieldsdepend upon him. Knowledge - Zzzzp Money - Zzzzzp - PowerThats the cycle democracy is built onWhen he pitches this line to Laura, we wonder that how can a personwho believes in this absurdity, be such a central character in theplay if he is portrayed like this. The actor who plays Jim in the filmmakes him seem exceedingly stupid. The actor does not give theimpression that Jim is very important and it does not emphasise thefact that he is such a major character, which is why I feel that theportrayal of Jim is unsuccessful.Jim strongly believes that he will be able to obtain an executive post