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THE GLASS MENAGERIE THE DEAD GAY GUY
The Glass Menagerie The Dead Gay Guy. Likewise, the symbols of Streetr and other plays n be traced backwards to a new unrstandg of of the most famo featur of the Williams' ovre is the figure of the absent male character – the "ad gay guy" who hnts the proceedgs of A Streetr Named Dire, Cat On A Hot T Roof, and the one-act Sudnly Last Summer. Blanche's hband, Allen, shot himself after Blanche disvered his homosexualy; Skipper drank himself to ath after realizg the nature of his love for Brick; and Sebastian was btally killed while on a hedonistic vatn.
Two were poets (Allen and Sebastian), two were suicis (Allen and Skipper), all three were gay, and all three were killed by a sort of societal punishment for their Glass Menagerie, on the other hand, has a different absentee male character.
Wgfield is not implied to be gay, and he isn't ad – he is a telephone man who fell love wh long distanc. Wgfield is only the stctural prototype for the ad gay guy. And yet, Tom is never overtly stated as beg gay.