A Comparative Study of Characterization in The Glass Menagerie and The Persian Heritage

Characterization is a significant element which makes the comparative study of Akbar Radi’s The Persian Heritage and Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie، possible. The authors of this paper believe that Tom in The Glass Menagerie has different aspects of characterization which can be found in the form of different characters in Radi’s The Persian Heritage. This study is an attempt to analyze Tom’s character and his roles in the play، and trace his changing roles in the form of Jalil، Azim and Javad in The Persian Heritage. It is arguable that Tom’s characterization can be taken as a resultant of the three mentioned characters of Radi’s play. What affects such characterization and developments can best be studied in the drastic change that the structure of family has experienced in the modern era. This signifies that 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 by analyzing the characterization of the plays and reaction of man to the dominance of certain social conditions based on the American school of comparative Literature.