#3 Pg. 1119

I actually think that the main antagonist in the play is not even a character. It is the father who abandoned this family years before. The Amanda pushes her children in certain ways because of her experiences with their father. She pushes Tom to not become his father and she pushes Laura to marry someone who is not like her father. So Amanda is also an antagonist. Tom fits the role of protagonist the best. He is the one working for the family and doing his mothers bidding by finding a gentleman caller for Laura. I feel as though Amanda and Laura are foil characters. Amanda is demanding and loud while Laura is delicate and quite. This foil brings out both of their characteristics and makes their confrontations more dramatic.