Glass Menagerie: Broken Glass
The Glass Menagerie describes the harsh realities people face in a modern world. In my opinion, The Glass Menagerie exposes the lost dreams of a southern family and their desperate struggle to escape reality. Williams' brilliant use of symbols adds depth to the play, allowing it to be interpreted on many levels. The glass menagerie itself is a symbol Williams' uses to represent the broken lives of Amanda, Laura and Tom Wingfield and their inability to live in the present. The remembrance of Mr. Wingfield by the photograph being on the wall also represents the theme of escape. The glass menagerie symbolizes Amanda Wingfield's overwhelming need to cling to her past and her fulfilled fear of being alone. Amanda resents the poverty-stricken neighborhood in which she lives so much that she needs to mentally escape from it by invented romance and self-deception.The common theme of The Glass Menagerie is that hopeful aspirations are followed by inevitable disappointments. It is shown through the use of symbols and characters. "I have only one major theme for my work, which is the destructive impact of society on the sensitive individual." Symbols help to show the dreams and desires that the characters long for and also the restrict
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Approximate Word count = 1077
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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