English 102
Ms. Payne
May 1, 2005
Life in a Glasshouse
In The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, is a play told through the eyes of Tom. The audience gets a glance into the life of his family. There is a clear and powerful metaphor for each of the four characters, Tom, Laura, Amanda and Jim. The glass menagerie represents lives, personality, emotions and other characteristics.
First, Laura is the owner and caretaker of the glass menagerie. She lives in her own little fantasy world, polishing and playing with the glass figurines. This is how she is able to escape from the real world and get away from the realities and hardships she endures. Although, she is crippled only to a very slight degree, her mind is very disabled on an emotional level. This represents Laura's hypersensitive nature and fragility overtime she has become very fragile, just like the glass, which breaks easily. Laura is very weak and open to attack, unable to defend herself from the truths of life. The......

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