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. ... Both Laura and Amanda's hope will be shattered when Jim admits that he has a girlfriend. ...
Kirsty's trust and confidence are shattered by Rhys" confession that Dylan, her current love interest, is his son and her half sibling. ... Gwen Harwood's poetry, in particular The Glass Jar, also explains this concept. ... The sun has risen again and fills his glass jar with his precious light. In relation to language forms and features, symbolism is used in the last line of the poem - "a glass jar beside a crumpled scarf." ... On the other hand, the burnt wick represents Gwen Harwood's child character from The Glass Jar. ...
