Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated
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Tom Wingfield is a discontented young man in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie," torn between his obligations to his family and his desire to escape his stifling life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10453017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated Context triple: [The Glass Menagerie, characterTrait, Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated]
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A.
character Lena Younger
Lena Younger is the deeply religious, resilient matriarch of the Younger family in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," whose dreams and moral strength anchor the story’s exploration of race, class, and family.
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B.
Stella Kowalski
Stella Kowalski is a central character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," portrayed as the conflicted, loyal wife of Stanley Kowalski and sister to the fragile Blanche DuBois.
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C.
character Walter Lee Younger
Walter Lee Younger is the ambitious but frustrated African American chauffeur and central protagonist of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," whose dreams and conflicts drive the story’s exploration of race, class, and family.
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D.
Biff Loman
Biff Loman is the conflicted elder son of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," whose disillusionment with the American Dream drives much of the drama’s emotional and thematic tension.
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E.
Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle Wilson is a tragic, ambitious woman from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby* whose affair with Tom Buchanan and fatal end highlight the era’s class divisions and moral decay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated Target entity description: Tom Wingfield is a discontented young man in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie," torn between his obligations to his family and his desire to escape his stifling life.
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A.
character Lena Younger
Lena Younger is the deeply religious, resilient matriarch of the Younger family in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," whose dreams and moral strength anchor the story’s exploration of race, class, and family.
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B.
Stella Kowalski
Stella Kowalski is a central character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," portrayed as the conflicted, loyal wife of Stanley Kowalski and sister to the fragile Blanche DuBois.
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C.
character Walter Lee Younger
Walter Lee Younger is the ambitious but frustrated African American chauffeur and central protagonist of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," whose dreams and conflicts drive the story’s exploration of race, class, and family.
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D.
Biff Loman
Biff Loman is the conflicted elder son of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," whose disillusionment with the American Dream drives much of the drama’s emotional and thematic tension.
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E.
Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle Wilson is a tragic, ambitious woman from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby* whose affair with Tom Buchanan and fatal end highlight the era’s class divisions and moral decay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| addiction | alcohol ⓘ |
| age | young man ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II NERFINISHED ⓘ Act III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tennessee Williams himself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
desire for personal freedom
ⓘ
duty to his family ⓘ |
| creator | Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| desires |
adventure
ⓘ
artistic freedom ⓘ escape from his family obligations ⓘ |
| dramaticRole |
anti-hero
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| emotion |
frustrated
ⓘ
guilty ⓘ resentful ⓘ restless ⓘ trapped ⓘ |
| familyName | Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habit | going to the movies frequently ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leaves | his family at the end of the play ⓘ |
| literaryEra | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| literaryWorkGenre | memory play ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| mother | Amanda Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | filters events through memory ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narratorOf | The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | warehouse worker ⓘ |
| relationshipToAbsentFather | resentment GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipToAmandaWingfield | conflicted GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipToLauraWingfield | protective GENERATED ⓘ |
| residence | St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibility | financial support of his family ⓘ |
| roleInFamily | breadwinner ⓘ |
| settingOfActions | St. Louis apartment ⓘ |
| sibling | Laura Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes | the struggle between responsibility and self-fulfillment ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
escape
ⓘ
family obligation ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated Description of subject: Tom Wingfield is a discontented young man in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie," torn between his obligations to his family and his desire to escape his stifling life.
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