ren to no end. She wants the best for her children. She does not see that her wants differ form that of her children. She therefore does not gear her whole life towards their happiness, because she does not want them to end up where she has. This devotion makes Amanda fall into a trap of being overbearing, nagging and non-understanding.Amanda shows traits through out the play. She was very critical of what and how who children did things, like when Amanda calls Laura to come wish upon the moon and tells her to wish for happiness and good fortune. She shows her overbearing side and Laura says mother youve made me so nervous. Amanda then shows he inability to understand when she says, you couldnt be satisfied with just sitting home. As stated before Amanda is not all bad.She is a devoted mother with great determination. She however has let these good traits take her to bad places. After the loss of her husband Amandas life became empty and manilas. She makes up stories to replaces holes in her life. She is so devoted to her children that she starts to live through them. She flailed to recognize that her children had different wants in life and the end Amanda ends up driving one of her kids away. She used the to worlds to protect her from the brutal truth of her life. Amandas traits good or bad added a lot to this story....
