Amanda Wingfield, the mother of Laura and Tom has many illusions. Amanda is a women who frantically clings to another time and place. She often recalled her days in Blue Mountain when her life was perfect, and once had seventeen gentlemen callers in one day. Her husband was a telephone man who fell in love w

ith long distances and never came home. He left his responsibility of supporting the family up to Tom. In the Wingfeild home there is a blown up photo of Mr. Wingfield hanging on the wall in the living room. Amanda pretends she has a normal family. The illusion of Amanda's perfect life assists her in escaping her disappointing family.

Amanda having failed to establish contact with reality continues to live vitally in her illusions, but Laura's situation is even worse. A childhood illness has left her crippled, one leg slightly shorter than the other, and held in a brace. This problem adds to her inferiority complex. Laura is extremely shy and has no interest in getting involved in a relationship with a man. Although her mother thinks that Laura is going to

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