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THE GLASS MENAGERIE THE DEAD GAY GUY
She drs Lra, who is visibly nervo, a soft, pretty drs, and stuffs “Gay Deceivers” Lra’s bosom, lghg away Lra’s objectns wh the claim that girls mt be a “pretty trap” for men. 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.
GAY CEIVERS
And yet, Tom is never overtly stated as beg gay. And yet is not unual for Tom to be read or played as gay.
Y, this is another tobgraphil nnectn, but also reflects Hay-era dg of "poet" for "homosexual" (cf: the film of Streetr, which Blanche nonts Allan for beg a poet).
Nothg ncrete, except perhaps an tertg glimpse to the velopment of that most famo Williams prototype of the 'ad gay guy. In the other three plays, the ad gay guy is already gone and ad, and we only see the effect of his hntg non-prence on the women he left behd. On the next night, Amanda overse Lra's drs and adds some "gay ceivers" to the drs to make Lra more attractive.