Symbolism: The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams uses symbolism throughout his classic play The Glass Menagerie. ... Williams uses symbols to effectively express the theme of The Glass Menagerie. ... Symbols used in this classic play are the fire escape, Laura's "glass menagerie," and rainbows. ... Another recurring symbol in the story is that of the "glass menagerie." ... The conversation turns to Laura's glass collection and Laura remarks "Glass is something you have to take good care of" (VII, p. 1821), again showing her fragility and the symbolism of the "glass menag...

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Our character, Laura Wingfield, from Tennessee Williams" play, The Glass Menagerie, suffers from a crippled leg that causes her to limp whenever she walks. ... Over time, she has lost all self confidence in herself and resorts to the confines of her glass menagerie and old phono records. ... Laura is also afraid of confrontations. ... When her mother finally found out about it, she tried to avoid having to talk back or answer her by trying to escape to her glass menagerie or playing the phonograph. ... As symbolism within the play, Williams describes Laura's frailty as fragile as the ...

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The following two pieces of literature, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, share the common theme of change and transition. ... In the novel The Glass Menagerie, the main character Laura undergoes a series of changes and transition. ... She is washing and polishing her collection of glass" (48). ... When they get to talking, Laura shows him her favorite figurine from her glass menagerie, the unicorn. ... All in all, the novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee and The Glass Menagerie by Williams, the themes of change and transition are ever pr...

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The lights dim as the "Glass Menagerie" theme music plays. ... Amanda wonders in a hopeless tone what will become of them if Laura refuses a "business career"; will they play with the glass menagerie and listen to Father's old records all day? ... Williams sought the opposite in The Glass Menagerie: truth disguised as illusion. ... It hits Laura's glass collection. ... All of the characters in The Glass Menagerie's are sympathetic: this is one of the play's great appeals. ...

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'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a play in which Tom, the narrator and protagonist, has to deal with the idea of delusion. ... In search of companionship, she builds her own fantasy world with her glass-animal friends. ... Laura enjoys this world, she is calm and relaxed when she is with her glass-animal "friends"; she uses this false idea of companionship in this fantasy world constantly. ... Laura moved from one blissful fantasy to "infinite desolation" and back to her make-believe world of glass-animal "friends" as companions. ... Since she was reliving her own ...

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This is literary device is clearly demonstrated in the play "The Glass Menagerie- by Tennessee Williams. ... Laura, Tom's sister is shy natured and disabled with no one to accompany her but the presents of her glass menagerie and memories of her old high school crush, Jim. ... 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. ... LAURA: I know! ... It doesn't matter Glass breaks so easily. ...

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In Tennessee Williams's play, The Glass Menagerie, the main character named Amanda has a distorted view of reality becoming blinded of flaws in her family and herself. ... This illustrates how Amanda is blinded of Laura's flaws. ... Amanda fails to acknowledge Laura's imperfection, again. Amanda believes that Jim will immediately fall in love with Laura and marry her, fulfilling Amanda's dream. ... Jim seems like a perfect gentleman caller for Laura. ...

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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 dem...

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