This research, furthermore, presented insights on how Tennessee Williams achieved the intended dramatic effect in the discourse of the characters. The study also analyzed the discourse contexts and their impact on the meaning of the given different situations that the main characters, i.e., Amanda, Laura, Tom Wingfield, encounter during the ongoing actions of the play. The researchers applied these principles to uncover conventional and unconventional elements embedded in the structures of the language. This discourse analysis of the dialogic language was based on dialogic principles outlined by Weigand (2009). The present study made a discourse analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) portrayed family relationships and struggles against hopelessness that threatens their lives. As a playwright, he is skilful to make the readers conscious of the unconscious habits and attitudes in everyday life. It elevated him to be one of the greatest playwrights of his generation. The Glass Menagerie is one of the Tennessee Williams' most famous plays which won the New York Drama Critics' Circle award.
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