Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie, depicts the Wingfield family from a naturalistic point of view that highlights the importance of a man in life of a woman. Husbandless in the play, Amanda's son Tom is portrayed as "the man of the house." Williams attributes the Wingfields' monetary stability entirely to Tom. Williams emphasizes the need for a worker through Tom so that women and children can be financially stable. As a naturalist, Tennessee Williams illustrates characters' reactions to various events and circumstances in accordance with man's natural survival instinct. Williams reveals Amanda in this approach and portrays naturalistic tendencies in her personality and character, her relationship with her son, and her bond with her desperate daughter, Laura. Amanda is trying to survive and raise her children without a husband to support her financially. Without a supportive husband, Amanda tries to raise her children as upper-class children. Unlike Amanda, Carrie Meeber, the protagonist of the naturalist novel Sister Carrie, starts out very poor, and after meeting two important men, Drouet and Hurstwood, Carrie's morals decline, but her finances increase exponentially. Amanda's wealth increases while she is with her husband, but when he abandons her she has financial difficulties. Without a man like Tom to help her, Amanda and Laura would be without hope. Following the canons of naturalism, Amanda reacts accordingly and teaches her children to behave like members of the upper class. Strictly apply good manners; the importance of a well-rounded education and the furnishings of his home simulate value. In her regard, members of the upper classes are often treated better, and she... middle of paper... doesn't have an employed man in her life. Amanda served as the perfect model to exemplify this belief and the way Williams uses naturalistic themes in his work. It shows that without a strong man in the house to support Amanda and Laura, women would not survive. As Amanda tries to raise her children without a husband, she displays many naturalistic mannerisms. Williams reveals examples of Charles Darwin's theories of "survival of the fittest" and natural selection through Amanda, and her interactions with her son, her daughter, her character and disposition. Williams also demonstrates the naturalistic principle that character traits and personalities are hereditary. Tom Wingfield was the family's primary breadwinner and when he followed in his father's footsteps and abandoned Laura and Amanda, the women were left helpless and hopeless..