The Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams follows the lives of three people of a middle-class family, Amanda Wignfield and her two children Laura and Tom. Mr. Wingfeild left his family many years prior to the time this play takes place. The only representation, besides memories, is a large picture hanging in the living room. Each character in The Glass Menagerie has a need to escape from he or she's life.
Tom Wingfield, a main character and the narrator, openly shows the reader his need to escape. The realities of his life consist of working in a warehouse, and wanting desperately to leave the he has behind. Tom feels that he receives nothing but heartache for all his efforts. He is torn about escaping from what he calls his life. .
The major issue that concerns Tom is that he cares deeply about his sister, Laura. He also fears what another man leaving is mother will do to her. Tom never asked to have the role of his father, but he had no other choice. He took responsibilities on that broke his own father down. That brought down his own father, and all that remains of his father is a picture on the wall. Before he regretfully leaves his family, his only escape from the madness inside the walls of their apartment, was the fire escape. For many years it had been saving Tom from a simingly-cramped apartment. The other escape, "the movies," as he would tell his mother, but in reality he was out drinking. Out drinking, and escaping form his own self. Tom has earned some time outside the house. Although drinking is also an escape, everyone deserves a break. The quickest fix to the problems he is having is drinking, so he thinks. One may find drinking to always be fun, yet that person's problems will still wake up with he or she up in the morning. The realities of his own life are lying hard on Tom, and he leaves angrily.
Amanda also shows her feelings openly. She believes that she will one day be left alone again.
In "The Glass Managerie", by Tennessee Williams, symbols are used to describe the characters in the play. ... In scene three, the glass ornaments represent Laura's shattered emotion. ... Laura screams "My glass! ... She turns away from broken glass because she wants to turn away from reality. ... Laura is stiff like glass and has a hard time loosening up. ...
The Glass Managerie and Death of a Salesman are both fictional works, but are reflections on the difficulties of life. ... In the play, The Glass Managerie the author presented the characters as stereotypical of society with the female role of doing all the cooking and cleaning and the male role of relaxing and having a good time while telling his wife what and not to do. ... One symbol which is rather obvious is Laura's glass menagerie. Her collection of glass represents her own private world. ... When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead p...
The Glass Managerie and Death of a Salesman are both fictional works, but are reflections on the difficulties of life. ... In the play, The Glass Managerie the author presented the characters as stereotypical of society with the female role of doing all the cooking and cleaning and the male role of relaxing and having a good time while telling his wife what and not to do. ... One symbol which is rather obvious is Laura's glass menagerie. Her collection of glass represents her own private world. ... When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead p...
