The first, and the most obvious of the symbols used in the play is Laura's glass menagerie. These delicate and fragile pieces of glass are Laura's life in more way than one. One could say that because she spends so much time with her glass collection, it is her life. But it turns out that her collection really is her life. It is a whole different world that she can escape to when reality is approaching. It is an illusionary world that she created by herself.

One of the pieces in her collection is a unicorn. What object could better describe Laura than a glass unicorn? Unicorns are different. Glass

Another significant symbol that is used in the play is Tom's going to the movies night after night. Tom was stuck in this very dysfunctional family, and all he wanted to do was get out and do his own thing, which is completely understandable. After all, he was already in his early twenties and everybody can relate to that burning desire to get out of the same old house or city and conquer the world. That is why Tom always went to the movies; he longed for adventure. This example is probably best exemplified during the beginning of the fourth scene when Tom comes home from the movies one night, and he talks about the stage show that he had seen. He tells Laura about Malvolio the Magician who performed all of these great magic tricks, and he goes on to say that his favorite trick was the coffin trick. They nailed somebody into a coffin and he got out of it without removing any nails whatsoever. Then Tom says "there is a trick that would come in handy for me - get me out of this !

2 by 4 situation!" Obviously, he was talking about the awful situation th

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