Unicorn In The Glass Menagerie
Laura’s
In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams we meet this young and unique girl named Laura. She is not what a man would see in a wife. She is very different from what others would expect in a woman. Laura does not get many gentleman callers, nor does she have many friends. She is a high school dropout and lives with her mother and younger brother. Although this makes her sound like she may never abound to anything more in her life, that is not the case. It is not like she wants to be like this, she is just not like the rest. She has a crippled leg and a glass collection of animals, which is not usual for girls her age. At twenty-three years old, Laura, like her favorite glass piece is fragile, an outcast, and is lonely.
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“Unicorns, aren’t they extinct in the modern world?” (7.10-11). Jim asks this question and we can see it can be clearly aimed at Laura. She is odd and unique like the unicorn. They no longer exist and are not like any animal that people see anymore. This can be seen as a parallel to Laura’s life and her personality as well. The unicorn has only one horn on the top of its head, making it different than everyone else. Laura has one crippled leg, and the day in age in which the setting of the play was meant to be in, this can be a turnoff to other people. They see her as strange. She is not one to be like everyone else and this shows. Not only does Laura see that she is not like the rest, Tom does also. “The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of.” (7.35-37). Jim does not think it is a bad thing, but other people around Laura’s life are ignorant when it comes to being …show more content…
He broke it while dancing and Laura thought good of this act. “Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.” (7.91-92). When she gives it to Tom before he leaves, it is really no surprise. In the unicorn’s case she is giving it to him as a souvenir to remember her. In Laura’s case it is a way of showing that he was able to break the piece of her that was holding her back from being an ordinary girl.
Throughout this play we see that the unicorn is a way of describing Laura without it being direct. They are so closely related and have the same problems. We see the horn, like Laura’s legs, sets them apart from the others. We see that being away from other people or for the unicorn’s case other glass figures, makes them want attention they do not quite know about. We lastly see that they both need to be handled with care: physically for the unicorn and emotionally for
In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams we meet this young and unique girl named Laura. She is not what a man would see in a wife. She is very different from what others would expect in a woman. Laura does not get many gentleman callers, nor does she have many friends. She is a high school dropout and lives with her mother and younger brother. Although this makes her sound like she may never abound to anything more in her life, that is not the case. It is not like she wants to be like this, she is just not like the rest. She has a crippled leg and a glass collection of animals, which is not usual for girls her age. At twenty-three years old, Laura, like her favorite glass piece is fragile, an outcast, and is lonely.
The glass …show more content…
“Unicorns, aren’t they extinct in the modern world?” (7.10-11). Jim asks this question and we can see it can be clearly aimed at Laura. She is odd and unique like the unicorn. They no longer exist and are not like any animal that people see anymore. This can be seen as a parallel to Laura’s life and her personality as well. The unicorn has only one horn on the top of its head, making it different than everyone else. Laura has one crippled leg, and the day in age in which the setting of the play was meant to be in, this can be a turnoff to other people. They see her as strange. She is not one to be like everyone else and this shows. Not only does Laura see that she is not like the rest, Tom does also. “The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of.” (7.35-37). Jim does not think it is a bad thing, but other people around Laura’s life are ignorant when it comes to being …show more content…
He broke it while dancing and Laura thought good of this act. “Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.” (7.91-92). When she gives it to Tom before he leaves, it is really no surprise. In the unicorn’s case she is giving it to him as a souvenir to remember her. In Laura’s case it is a way of showing that he was able to break the piece of her that was holding her back from being an ordinary girl.
Throughout this play we see that the unicorn is a way of describing Laura without it being direct. They are so closely related and have the same problems. We see the horn, like Laura’s legs, sets them apart from the others. We see that being away from other people or for the unicorn’s case other glass figures, makes them want attention they do not quite know about. We lastly see that they both need to be handled with care: physically for the unicorn and emotionally for