The two different symbols that can be found in the Glass Menagerie are escape, which provides hope and diversion from the outside world and the glass menagerie, which is a metaphor for Laura's fragility and uniqueness. ... Williams uses the theme of escape throughout The Glass Menagerie to demonstrate the hopelessness of each character's dreams. The symbol of the glass menagerie represents a safe place to hide from reality. ... When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead plays with her glass collection. ... The shattered glass represents Laura's understanding...

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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Glass Menagerie and The Grapes of Wrath are works of literature set in this time period. ... Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie are both young adults who are forced with the pressure of leading and supporting their families during the Great Depression, while attempting to discover who they are. ... Although he cares for his sister Laura, he realizes that she will never marry or be able to take care of herself. ... The turning point of both the play, The Glass Menagerie and the novel, The Grapes of Wrath reveal that the Tom of each work parts from hi...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School