Read the excerpt. LAURA: Hello, mother, I was—[She makes a nervous gesture toward the chart on the wall. AMANDA leans against th
e shut door and stares at LAURA with a martyred look.] In the excerpt from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, which element of drama is contained in brackets? dialect narration stage directions dialogue
Stage directions refer to the perspective given to the audiences about the characters playing. The gestures, movements and the position of the character are depicted through stage directions. Stage directions help in directing the movements of the actors performing on the stage. The emotional tone of the play is added by the writer through the means of stage directions.
