'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a play in which Tom, the narrator and protagonist, has to deal with the idea of delusion. ... It was painful for Amanda to think about Mr. ... She displays motherly concern when she thinks about Laura's future. ... Jim does not tell Laura the truth about his relationship with another girl, but he went on to compliment Laura "Has anyone told you that you were pretty?". ... Since she was reliving her own life, she failed to understand the different personalities that her children possessed and ended up driving Tom away from home, a...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is literary device is clearly demonstrated in the play "The Glass Menagerie- by Tennessee Williams. ... In a room lit by candle light and the sound of music, Jim, the gentlemen caller and Laura stand together while Laura enlightens Jim about her glass menagerie; "LAURA: I shouldn't be partial, but he is my favorite one. ... He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."" ... Like the coffin trick, a magician gives you wonderful but false sense of reality. ...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School