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. ... The symbol of the glass menagerie represents a safe place to hide from reality. ... The shattered glass represents Laura's understanding of Tom. By far, the most symbolic piece of glass is the unicorn. ... The unicorn is different from the other pieces of glass because of the horn. ...

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As I ran down the street I noticed shattered pieces of glass all over the road and a chunk of the lawn on the street. ... I asked him why he was home and where mom was, but he failed to answer me until after he had loped off to the kitchen and gulped down a glass of water, not caring about the little streams of water that flowed down his chin onto his shirt. ...

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The American author and journalist Mitch Albom once said "All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair." While th...

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My mom looked around happily, "it's a perfect house!" she exclaimed. "Can't you just imagine a murder taking place here Molly?" I nodded in agreement and pushed aside the wispy white drapes at the large bay window in the living room. Outside a wide expanse of closely clipped green lawn swept to the top of a low cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. ...

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