a comparative study of characterization in the glass menagerie and the persian heritage

characterization is a significant element which makes thecomparative study of akbar radi’s the persian heritage and tennessee williams’the glass menagerie, possible. the authors of this paper believe that tom inthe glass menagerie has different aspects of characterization which can befound in the form of different characters in radi’s the persian heritage. thisstudy is an attempt to analyze tom’s character and his roles in the play, andtrace his changing roles in the form of jalil, azim and javad in the persianheritage. it is arguable that tom’s characterization can be taken as aresultant of the three mentioned characters of radi’s play. what affects suchcharacterization and developments can best be studied in the drastic changethat the structure of family has experienced in the modern era. this signifiesthat change in the traditional structure of family can be detected in characterization.this essay attempts to reveal the status of modern man in the modern world byanalyzing the characterization of the plays and reaction of man to thedominance of certain social conditions based on the american school ofcomparative literature.