29 J. Edu. Sci., Vol. (17) No. (4) 2010 The Poetics of Memory in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie Hasan Mohammed Saleh Department of English / College of Education University of Mosul Accepted Received 14 / 09 / 2010 31 / 05 / 2010 ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺘﺨﻠﺹ ﻓﻜﺭ ﺘﻅﻬﺭ ﺓ ﻤﺴﺭﺤﻴﺎﺕ ﻤﻥ ﻋﺩﻴﺩ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ ﺘﻴﻨﺴﻲ ﻭﻟﻴ ﺎﻤﺯ. ﻭ ﻟﺫﺍ، ﻫـﺫﺍ ﻤﻥ ﺍﻟﻬﺩﻑ ﻓﺎﻥ ﻭﺍﻑ ﺘﺤﻠﻴل ﺘﻘﺩﻴﻡ ﻫﻭ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺙ ﻤﺴﺭﺤﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ ﻋﻥ ﻤﻌﺭﺽ ﺍﻟﻭﺤﻭﺵ ﺍﻟﺯﺠﺎﺠﻴﺔ، ﺘﻌـﺩ ﻭﻫـﻲ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ ﻻﺴﺘﺨﺩﺍﻡ ﻨﻤﻭﺫﺠﻴﺔ ﺩﺭﺍﺴﺔ. ﻓﺎ ﺍﻟﺸﺨـﺼﻴﺎﺕ ﻭﺘـﺸﻌﺭ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ، ﺨﻼل ﻤﻥ ﺘﻘﺩﻡ ﻟﺸﺨﺼﻴﺎﺕ ﻭﺍﻗﻌﻬﻡ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺒﻅﻼﻟﻬﺎ ﺘﻠﻘﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻲ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ ﺒﻘﻴﻭﺩ. ﺍﻟﻭﺍﻗـﻊ ﻤـﻥ ﻟﻠﻬﺭﻭﺏ ﻭﺴﻴﻠﺔ ﺍﻟﺫﺍﻜﺭﺓ ﺒﺎﺴﺘﺨﺩﺍﻡ ﻭ ﻓﺎﻥ ﻭﻟﻴﺎﻤﺯ ﻏﻴﺭ ﻅﺭﻭﻑ ﻅل ﻓﻲ ﺘﻌﻴﺵ ﺍﻻﻨﺴﺎﻨﻴﺔ ﺸﺨﻭﺼﻪ ﺍﻥ ﻤﻔﺎﺩﻩ ﺍﻨﻁﺒﺎﻋﺎ ﻴﺨﻠﻕ ﺴﻭﺍﺀ ﻤﻭﺍﺘﻴﺔ ﺃﻜﺎﻨﺕ ﺍﺠﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻗﺘﺼﺎﺩﻴﺔ ﺃﻭ ﺴﻴﺎﺴﻴﺔ. Abstract Memory is a recurrent motif in the plays of Tennessee Williams. Williams uses memory in almost all of his plays. Hence, the aim of this research is to make an analysis of memory in The Glass Menagerie, which is an exemplary study of this motif. All characters are introduced through memory. They feel themselves haunted with the shackles of memory, which casts a shadow on their present situation. In using memory as a means to escape from reality, Williams generates the impression that his human archetypes live under unfavourable conditions whether they are social, political, or economic. 1. Introduction Memory is, generally speaking, a storehouse of the past reminiscences, experiences, and events. It is rather difficult to imagine that man cannot free himself from the fetters of memory, which overlooks the lived reality. Much has been said and written on the role of memory and its significance in man's life. The controversy regarding memory still continues in the field of literary theory especially in phenomenology. A