Rather than facing the reality of the uninteresting life he lives, he makes the movies his escape. Lastly, Williams uses alcohol as a symbol of escaping reality. Tom also often gets drunk to escape his complications. This is noticeable when Amanda says "you had been drinking the night you were in that - terrifying condition! Laura says that you hate the apartment and that you go out nights to get away from it." (Williams 32). As the quote indicates, Tom is unhappy with his life; his job, his apartment, and his mother and sister. Tom uses alcohol throughout the play as an escape from the reality of his life. Thus, by using these examples of symbolism, Williams is able to prove how one will create an escape to avoid facing reality.
Another character in The Glass Menagerie that creates escapes to avoid reality is Tom's mother Amanda. Amanda creates escapes to because she too has difficulty accepting many things in her life, such as her how her son's job isn't very noble, how her daughter is awkward and most evidently how she sees the way she, herself, looks. The first symbol of escape Williams uses in the play for Amanda is the way she dresses. Amanda wears clothes that don't suit her age because she is unable to accept the fact that the clothes she used to wear belong in the past. Amanda wears a dress from her youth to impress Jim. The way she is dressed is described in detail followed by Williams writing "the legend of her youth is nearly revived." (Williams 53). She wants to make it seem as if she is young and she does so by changing her appearance. It is obvious that Amanda is unable to accept her age so she uses the clothes she wears to "disguise" herself into looking young. Another example of symbol which represents escape for Amanda is the gentlemen callers. It is clear that Amanda is "spelling out" what life is like for unmarried women throughout her description:.
Tennessee Williams takes the aspects of reality, idealism and illusion and mixes them together in The Glass Menagerie. ... - (The Glass Menagerie, page 59). ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 82). ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 86) Laura lives in her glass menagerie, which becomes her escape from reality. ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 45). ...
Tennessee Williams takes the aspects of reality, idealism and illusion and mixes them together in The Glass Menagerie. ... - (The Glass Menagerie, page 59). ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 82). ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 86) Laura lives in her glass menagerie, which becomes her escape from reality. ... (The Glass Menagerie, page 45). ...
play, the glass menagerie, all four members of the Wingfield family have chosen to hide from reality. ... Laura Wingfield has chosen to hide from reality in the play The Glass Menagerie. ... In the play The Glass Menagerie, Tom Wingfield has chosen to hide from reality. ... Mr Wingfield has also chosen to hide from reality in the play The Glass Menagerie. ... play, The Glass Menagerie. ...
The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, was written and first performed in 1944. In the play, Williams describes the three members on the Wingfield family, their dreams, and the harsh realities they face in the society of the 1930s. ... Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie takes place in the Wingfield family apartment, in 1937. ... Another literary element that Williams presents throughout The Glass Menagerie is symbolism. ... All of these elements are vital in communicating one of the main themes of The Glass Menagerie. ...
Tennessee Williams", gives the reader an inside look into the lives of a common family living in the pre-war depression era in his play The Glass Menagerie. ... The two different symbols that can be found in the Glass Menagerie are escape, which provides hope and diversion from the outside world and the glass menagerie, which is a metaphor for Laura's fragility and uniqueness. ... For Tom, the fire escape is the way out of the world of Amanda and Laura, and his view into the world of reality. ... Williams uses the theme of escape throughout The Glass Menagerie to demonstrate the hopele...
Symbolism: The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams uses symbolism throughout his classic play The Glass Menagerie. ... Symbols used in this classic play are the fire escape, Laura's "glass menagerie," and rainbows. ... Another recurring symbol in the story is that of the "glass menagerie." ... Finally, the symbol of rainbows is used throughout the story, but is less prominent and obvious than those of the fire escape or the "glass menagerie." ... The fire escape as a sense of escape both to the world and away from it, the "glass menagerie" as a symbol of Laura's fragility,...
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play abounding with symbolism. Connections that exist are between the fire escape and the way Tom escapes from his problems, the glass figurines and Laura's life, and the unicorn and her self-image. ... Next is the glass figures that reside in Laura's menagerie are symbols of Laura herself. ... Laura escapes to the world of her menagerie where she is safe from the world of people. ... These are just a few of the many symbols Tennessee Williams places in his play The Glass Menagerie. ...
The Glass Menagerie The Characters" Escape From Reality in The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams centers around a dream of escape. ... When Tom does finally escape his realities they continue to haunt him. ... So in the end, Tom isn't successful at escaping his realities. ... Laura escapes through her menagerie. ... Each character from Williams" The Glass Menagerie is looking for some unseen escape route. ...
Analysis of The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is an extremely well written play. ... The glass menagerie is the perfect representation of Laura. ... Tom goes out onto the fire escape to smoke every time he gets frustrated, so he can escape from reality. ... Tom not only uses the fire escape to separate himself from reality but he goes to the movies lots too. ... The Glass Menagerie was an extremely well written play. ...
