These two plays, besides being both authored by Americans, have very little in common. Glass Menagerie is a family play, set in a small interior space, while Of Mice and Men is a play about a larger society, set in exteriors, mostly – farms and fields. Furthermore, one play, Of Mice and Men, comes from the novel by John Steinbeck, while Tennessee Williams’ play is a play first, possibly autobiographical. So let us look at some subtler similarities: In both plays, sibling relationships play an important role: Tom and Laura in Glass Menagerie, and George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Both plays have a Southern U.S. setting, and both plays deal with future possibilities and hopes for the protagonists: Tom’s hope to travel and have adventures, and George and Lenny’s desire to have a farm of their own. Furthermore, both plays feature the inherent drama in “difference”: Laura’s physical/emotional handicap and Lennie’s mental handicap. Finally, the two plays have become staples in the American drama repertory, must-reads for any student of literature.
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