The Search for Happiness Tennesse Williams examines the main theme of happiness in his play "The Glass Menagerie." ... Williams first explores a family that is unable to face reality, using a glass unicorn to represent one family member's uniqueness, Laura. ...
Symbols of Escape The Characters in Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie are all searching for a way out of their current situation but feel trapped by life itself. ... Two symbols gave Laura an escape from reality they where, the victrola and her glass figures. ... Laura also paid a lot of attention to her glass collection. ... Laura's glass collection takes on a special symbol as the play continues. It is not only a place for her to escape to but the glass figures become a symbol of her. ...
As for The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), the idea conveyed in this play is that of image versus reality. ... Laura has her own imaginary reality through her glass menagerie her private world, and the breaking of it .The unicorn is Laura's singularity, her return to reality, and her return to her retreat back into her world. . ...
