The Play is about a Family Trying to Succeed The Glass Menagerie has many different interpretations and one of the plays" main themes is that it is about a family trying to succeed. ... Keeping her Glass Menagerie safe and secure is also an important factor in keeping Laura happy too. ... Laura, by consoling only in her Glass Menagerie and Amanda being the worst - forcing her children to live the life she wanted. ... Tom leaves the Wingfield family, although succeeding in some way of the escapism from Amanda, Laura keeps to her precious Glass Menagerie and Amanda is left with only dreams. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This Reality The Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams follows the lives of three people of a middle-class family, Amanda Wignfield and her two children Laura and Tom. ... Each character in The Glass Menagerie has a need to escape from he or she's life. ... The character Laura, depicted in the plat The Glass Menagerie, is treated as a fragile piece of glass. ... The glass menageries that Laura has are symbols of herself. ... What Laura doesn't see is the glass figurines. ...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Amanda seems to be accustomed to her past which causes her to attempt to make it present. Her need to make her past present is so strong she offers to restore it at the expense of her children's desires. Amanda continues to control and manipulate Tom and Laura's life, which contributes to the demise of the family and the departure of Tom. For example, in scene one, Tom walks in for dinner and begins to eat. The second thing Amanda utters is: "Honey, don't push with your fingers. ...

• Word Count: 1050
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School