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Abstract
Trap of Gender Roles: A Socio-Psychological Confinement in The Glass Menagerie
Sudipt Agarwal
Volume: 16 Issue: 2 2026
Abstract:
In the twentieth century, American drama gradually moved away from focusing only on external events and began to explore the inner lives of characters. Tennessee Williams is one of the key playwrights associated with this shift. His play The Glass Menagerie is often described as a ‘memory play,’ because it presents eventsthrough Tom’s perspective. However, thislabel alone does notfully explain how the playworks, especially in terms ofthe characters’ psychological struggles. This paper specifies that gender roles in The Glass Menagerie act as a kind of psychological restriction for the characters creating invisible boundaries around them. These roles are not just imposed by society and culture but the characters themselves begin to believe in them eventually shaping their behaviour accordingly. As a result, they feel trapped, not only by external expectations but also by their own internal thoughts and beliefs.
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