Symbolism in the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

        The Glass Menagerie uses an extensive pattern of emblemism that describes the characters of Tom,Amanda,Laura and Jim. Glass,light,color and medical specialty constitute the substance of the dominant symbolisms and roots,serving to reveal deeper aspects of characters and underlying themes of the endure.Tennessee Williams wrote the bid so that each character had a special symbol which resembled their personality.But he didnt only give the characters of the play a a resembling symbol;he as well mentions the apartment blocks to be hivelike conglomerations of cellular living-units resembling a beenstock.The way he describes their location also has a lot of symbolism in its roots because he describes them to be flowering as warty growths in overcrowded urban centers.         Tennessee Williams use many symbolic aspects to describe Laura and the cosmea she lives in.In the play,Laura represents the very fragile,shy and emotionally crippled girl. In her mind she lives in a ara of grouch animals and doesnt have a connection to the real ball.The managerie of drinking glass also represents the fragile relationships among all the characters.The glass unicorn is most obviously a symbol of Laura--delicate,sadly different,an anomalousness in the modern world.The glass motif recurs throughout the whole play in many opposite forms.When Laura dropped out of college she constantly visited the zoo,a glass firm of tropical flowers that are as vulnerable as she is.

During Lauras and Jims shortened romantic encounter,Laura is gaining more(prenominal) confidence about herself .It seems as if she is starting to hunt her! world of illusions.When they started dancing together,Jim accidently knocked the little glass horse over.Laura,who usually worships her glass accrual more than anything else,replied to his excuse;Hes lost his horn.It doesnt matter.Maybe its a blessing in disguise. and Ill unspoilt imagine he had an operation.The horn was outside to make him feel less--freakish! at present he leave feel more at home with the other horses,the... If you bank to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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