The Glass Menagerie: #2

I feel like this play is mainly a comedy because of exaggeration. However, I can also see how this may also be melodramatic. There is a mixture in this play of multiple types of drama. I don't feel like the experiences of this drama are only understood through the classification of this play because it is such a combination. An example of melodrama in this play is the fighting and bickering between Amanda and Tom, such as on page 1245-6. This fighting is exaggerated, but creates melodrama that draws the audience in and helps to better express the characters' anger and strife. Finally, the music which is often played, or the lights on different faces or the portrait are to a degree comedic in their timing. Overall, the play has a more serious feel to it than comedic, as though the melodrama slightly overrules the comedy.