In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams creates a world in which the characters are disillusioned by the present. ... These personal downfalls in life drive Tom into a life of poetry and movies, and Laura into a world of glass figurines. ... However, she finds confidence in the old records she plays on the victrola and in her glass menagerie. ... Having nothing to do at home, Laura takes care of her glass ornaments. ... Laura finds confidence playing old records on the victrola and controlling her glass collection. ...

• Word Count: 642
• 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

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. ...

• Word Count: 713
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School