The Glass Menagerie Symbolism Essay
ENC 1102
5/26/2013
687 Word Count Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams uses symbolism in an in depth manner to farther express his feelings in the play. The play is a memory of one of the characters. He wants to leave and get out of the hole he is in. he wants adventure and to be on his own. The fire escape is a great example of symbolism that gives off this feeling of escape. There are many objects and places in this play that symbolize something; however, the most important are Laura’s glass menagerie, the glass unicorn, and the fire escape. The theme that is communicated through the symbols is escape and uniqueness. Laura’s glass menagerie is the center of her world. It is important to point …show more content…
All right! What about Laura? AMANDA. We have to be making some plans and provisions for her… TOM. I guess she’s the type that people call home girls. AMANDA. There’s no such type, and if there is, it’s a pity! That is unless the home is hers, with a husband.” …show more content…
Then Jim and Laura start to dance and they get really into it. They hit the table and something falls and brakes, “LAURA. It’s hard not to. JIM. Okay. LAURA. I’m afraid you can’t budge me. JIM. What do you bet I can’t? (He swings her into motion.) LAURA. Goodness, yes, you can! JIM. Let yourself go, now, Laura, just let yourself go… LAURA. Oh, my goodness! JIM. Ha-ha-ha! What did we hit on? LAURA. Table” (1652). They had hit the table and knocked off the unicorn and broke the horn off. The braking of the unicorn symbolizes the changing of Laura. The fire escape symbolizes that Laura cannot escape when she slips on it She will be stuck there forever, “TOM. Laura? LAURA. I’m alright. I slipped, but I’m all right” (1626). Her slipping on the fire escape was her trying to escape. Tom is a different story he goes out on the fire escape to smoke all the time this is symbolizing him pondering his escape. When Tom invites Jim over for dinner they go out to smoke, “JIM. Move? TOM. Yes! JIM. When? TOM. Soon! JIM. Where? Where?” (1641). He is telling Jim his plans for leaving. Amanda gets made at Tom for going out there to smoke all the
5/26/2013
687 Word Count Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams uses symbolism in an in depth manner to farther express his feelings in the play. The play is a memory of one of the characters. He wants to leave and get out of the hole he is in. he wants adventure and to be on his own. The fire escape is a great example of symbolism that gives off this feeling of escape. There are many objects and places in this play that symbolize something; however, the most important are Laura’s glass menagerie, the glass unicorn, and the fire escape. The theme that is communicated through the symbols is escape and uniqueness. Laura’s glass menagerie is the center of her world. It is important to point …show more content…
All right! What about Laura? AMANDA. We have to be making some plans and provisions for her… TOM. I guess she’s the type that people call home girls. AMANDA. There’s no such type, and if there is, it’s a pity! That is unless the home is hers, with a husband.” …show more content…
Then Jim and Laura start to dance and they get really into it. They hit the table and something falls and brakes, “LAURA. It’s hard not to. JIM. Okay. LAURA. I’m afraid you can’t budge me. JIM. What do you bet I can’t? (He swings her into motion.) LAURA. Goodness, yes, you can! JIM. Let yourself go, now, Laura, just let yourself go… LAURA. Oh, my goodness! JIM. Ha-ha-ha! What did we hit on? LAURA. Table” (1652). They had hit the table and knocked off the unicorn and broke the horn off. The braking of the unicorn symbolizes the changing of Laura. The fire escape symbolizes that Laura cannot escape when she slips on it She will be stuck there forever, “TOM. Laura? LAURA. I’m alright. I slipped, but I’m all right” (1626). Her slipping on the fire escape was her trying to escape. Tom is a different story he goes out on the fire escape to smoke all the time this is symbolizing him pondering his escape. When Tom invites Jim over for dinner they go out to smoke, “JIM. Move? TOM. Yes! JIM. When? TOM. Soon! JIM. Where? Where?” (1641). He is telling Jim his plans for leaving. Amanda gets made at Tom for going out there to smoke all the