Character chart for Act I
Name Role Personality details Tom The youngest son in the family tolerant, As the youngest son, he supports his whole family by doing the work that he doesn’t really like. Even though he has a dream of being a poet, he didn’t quit his job anyways. He still loves his family and work hard for his families. As the narrator of the play, the views that audiences have towards other characters are all depended on his impression of others. Therefor, after watching the play, people can tell that Tom doesn’t enjoy his life. He doesn’t want his mother to give him order all the time. He doesn’t want to be a worker in the shoe factory either. All he wanted was to be just like others in his age-go out at night, drinking and dancing-and even be a writer. However, all these are unrealistic for him because he has to keep doing his job in order to sustain his family. Laura The older sister in the family naive, not sensible, careless As the older sister in the family, Laura do...