There is no easy answer towards who is considered to face life more realistically, mainly, because every character of the play lives, in some degree, in illusion. ... Another character which is very realistic is Jim, which the writer of the play, Tennessee Williams, makes metaphorically an element of "the world of reality" as it is said by Tom. ... During the whole play there is a clear evidence that we are in the presence of an atypical family. ... In the play there is a clear evidence of some similarities between Tom and his father. ... In the physical characteristics of glass, Laura's ...

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There are many factors to becoming a family, a family consists of a group of people being supportive, caring, loving etc. towards each other, this is basically what immediately comes to mind when we think of a family, in Tennessee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, The Wingfield's find that many of the family factors become obstacles that they struggle to overcome. ... Throughout the play we see that every time Tom and Amanda argue, he flees to the movies for a period of time and at times returns drunk. ... In the play we notice that the plot is finding a "gentlemen caller" for...

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