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The Glass Menagerie as Heuristic for Explicating Nursing Theory

F. Beryl Pilkington, RN; PhD

School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada

Keville Frederickson, RN; EdD; FAAN

Department of Nursing, Lehman College, and Doctor of Nursing Science Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Martha Velsasco-Whetsell, RN; PhD

Department of Nursing, Lehman College, City University of New York

Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, is interpreted through the lens of two different nursing theories, the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory. In the Roy adaptation model interpretation, adaptive levels of reality testing and stimuli that instigate withdrawal are explored, while in the human becoming theory interpretation, the themes of meaning, rhythmicity, and contranscendence are explicated.

Key Words: adaptation • family • human becoming theory • interpretation • reality testing • Roy adaptation model

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, 190-196 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318406289435
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