This essay studies Williams's heroines who are unable to face their reality so they retreat into illusionary worlds created by themselves. ... Blanche DuBois, in A Streetcar Named Desire, is one of Williams's heroines who live under a cover of illusion. ... The bathroom is the place of her retreat throughout the course of the play. ... All over the play she is drinking heavily, which is considered as another means of escape. ... The play ends with Blanche becoming insane, driven to a mental hospital. ...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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 ...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6

The Glass Menagerie is a play containing such dramatic and exquisite characters that it is hard not to feel the emotions and feelings held by each one. Throughout the play, the reader notices and strives to understand Laura's shyness and awkwardness. ... "The poignancy of The Glass Menagerie derives principally from the characters of Amanda and Laura, whom Williams pictures as trapped in a conflict between reality and illusion- (Ritter 175). ...

• Word Count: 2052
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School