The Glass Menagerie Chuck Ryan
How is Tennessee Williams’s life similar to Tom’s life in The Glass Menagerie
Symbol of The Glass Menagerie and Broken Unicorn
Themes
Moment
Both fathers are travelers and not home
Setting St. Louis Missouri
Both have the name Tom.
Fathers have drinking problem
Escape
memories
The symbol of The Glass Menagerie and Brocken Unicorn are incredibly crucial throughout the play and represents not only Laura but the story as whole.
Both have Sister named rose, (blue roses) and with a mental illness
Past/Reality
Living an illusion
Works for shoe company
Mother asks son to set daughter up on a date
Characters
Main Character
Facing Reality
Most Important Character
Truly the most important character plot wise is Laura: Without Laura, there is no conflict, tom would be sailing the seas writing about his adventures, Amanda would be fantasizing about her past with no guilt. That is why I believe that Laura is the most important character
There is no main character , I believe that the true main character is the one you relate with the most . This is because of Tennessee Williams's masterful playwriting abilities there's multiple stories overlapping. There's a story about a girl with intense social anxiety overcoming her fears, a story about a freespirit breaking free, and a story about a mother giving the utmost love to her kids
The Glass Unicorn is extremely fragile just like Laura's mental state.
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Mother is a faded southern belle
Uses movies as escape
The Unicorn's horn represents Laura's uniqueness and her rare traits.
The breaking of the Horn on the Unicorn symbolizes, how after Laura has been kissed by Jim, she has lost what has made her unique
The most crucial moment of the Glass Menagerie is the moment in which Jim reveals that he a taken man. This causes laura to become extremely broken and Jim to abandon the family.