The lights dim as the "Glass Menagerie" theme music plays. ... Amanda goes through a melodramatic routine of tearing up the keyboard diagram and speaking vaguely about deception before Laura can extract what exactly has happened. ... Amanda wonders in a hopeless tone what will become of them if Laura refuses a "business career"; will they play with the glass menagerie and listen to Father's old records all day? ... Williams sought the opposite in The Glass Menagerie: truth disguised as illusion. ... All of the characters in The Glass Menagerie's are sympathetic: this is one of the ...

• Word Count: 5517
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

Blanche, when accused of deliberate deception says only, "I didn't lie in my heart." ... In The Glass Menagerie, Laura's unrealistic grasp on life clashes with Tom's ability to function in the "real" world. ...

• Word Count: 2772
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School