GOMES, G. L.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9903923118838000; GOMES, Gevaldo Lavor.
Resumo:
This study analyzes the theme of family abandonment portrayed in Tennessee Williams' The
Glass Menagerie (1946), under the perspective of the study of personality based on Freud's
psychoanalytic theory. The objective is to present a comparative analysis of the work with
autobiographical aspects of the author by showing the correlation between Williams and his
family and the main characters in the drama. Finally, the research seeks to understand some
behaviors in these characters, under the light of ego’s defense mechanisms, and the three
elements of the human personality (id, ego and superego). For this, Freudian psychology will
be a bridge to a better understanding of the family conflict in the play. The analytical
foundations come from the concepts and theories of Freud (1923), his daughter Ana Freud
(2006), Silva (2010), and others.